When You Come Into My Room

A Piece of My Mind - When You Come Into My Room

ABSTRACT

When you come into my hospital room, you need to know the facts of my life
that there is information not contained in my hospital chart
that I am 40 years married, with 4 children and 4 grandchildren
that I am "genetically Lutheran"... with gut disease, like Luther himself
that I am a professor
that I teach teachers, priests, sisters how to nurture faith in the next generation
that I love earthy sensuous life, beauty, travel, eating, drinking
J&B scotch, the theater, opera, the Chicago Symphony, movies, all kinds, water skiing, tennis, running, walking, camping
that I love loving, the wonder and awe of sexual intimacy
that I enjoy gardening, smell of soil in misty rain and scorching sun
that I have led a chronic illness group for 12 years
When you come into my room, you need to know the losses of my life
that I have Crohn's disease

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Referencias
Schmidt, S. A. (1996). When You Come Into My Room. JAMA. 276(7), 512. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1996.03540070008002