'My 6 year old must be an angel'
A patient of mine with multiple sclerosis. Lives alone and has some care giver who helps him. It was going to be my daughter's 6th birthday party, as I mentioned that he had a big smile on his face and said' she sure must be an angel, Have fun at the party'. He couldn't stop talking about his 5.5 yr old son with cerebral palsy who died after struggling from multiple medical complications. Because of a disabled kid at home, wife turned to drugs and they ended up divorced. He paid a substantial amount to get custody of his 2 kids. after the divorce, his younger son died. He took care of his only son and raised him alone. While talking this story his words which hurt me most was' The pain of losing a kid is the greatest. The pain I am going through right now is nothing compared to that'. I had to struggle to stop tears coming to my eyes, coz I was sure that it would make him sad as well. Now I know why he said ' that my 6 year old must be an angel".

Quote from one of my patients: ' Who said that life will be easy? But it's worthwhile to have challenges'. This patient of mine has severe arthritis and is progressively becoming so weak due to pain that she is becoming dependent with transfers and is getting wheelchair dependent. We are trying hard to keep her mobile. sometimes she loses hope and said' sometimes I feel that if God loves me then Why does he give me so much pain?" but then she repeats the above quote. Today morning she was weak and could hardly move in bed, few words of encouragement made her walk 50 feet... She definitely won today's race. She will see what tomorrow has in stored for her.

#2: patient who was as independent as any of us was made WC bound when he had his hip fractured. He needed 2 people assist to move him. We started working on him,, taking each day as it comes. in 1 week he progressed well and is now walking with assistance. He was ecstatic as he never thought he will walk again. Had a good feeling on my way home thinking about different challenges people face everyday.