I lost a favorite patient of mine last week. His name was Dave, and he was a tall, lanky, goofy dog with black fur and a long nose. I joked of FB that he looked like my cat would have looked like if he was a dog, or funnily like a guy I dated way back when, also named Dave.
Two people commented that it is the worst part of our jobs, the losing of a patient. I don't agree. Death is a part of what I deal with, both in my time in general practice and certainly in my time now in oncology. Death is an inescapable fact of our existence, both in our witnessing of it and in the inevitability of our own demise. And death isn't the worst thing I see.
Neglect. Abuse. Indifference. These things are much harder to bear witness to. The finality of death is unavoidable, but these other things are completely avoidable.
So, even in my sadness, I'm glad I got to meet Dave. I'm glad the joy of him touched my heart. We gave him some quality time with his people, and I believe that they were grateful for that.
And only when we say goodbye do we really know what something, or someone, really meant to us.
-C.
10 years ago
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