Forty four...

Well, today I worked in PACU, which was a blast. I love it here. So, it was not super crazy but it was a good day. We did have one interesting case, Smile team took it on, aka Tabs and me. So when we went to land the guy, he came from Cath lab, and he had had a fairly simple procedure done, no major problems, until right after he started to wake up, he had severe 10/10 pain in the abdominal region. Well, mind you this type of case does not usually get pain at all let alone the abdominal region. So, we put a 12 lead EKG on him, we tried to manage his pain, and it just wouldn't come down, we called the surgeons. When they arrived his pain was no longer a 10/10 but it was still high. We started listening to them trouble shoot the problem a possible small leak, a perforation of an artery, all interesting possibilities, well it was an interesting case to say the least we sent him to ICU to get ready for more procedures to try to see what was causing the pain. It was quite a day.

What I read... Genesis 44

Joseph tests his brothers again, he puts his fancy silver cup in Benjamin sack as well as all the silver that they had brought with them and he sent his steward to overtake them and then to bring back Benjamin to become a slave for Joseph and the rest of the brothers go free. However, Judah pleads for Benjamin to save him and go in his place that Benjamin might return to his father. It would appear that Joseph's brothers had done some growing up and were no longer selfish greedy men. They were willing to look after and take care of their youngest brother. They were even willing to take his place and become Joseph's slave instead of Benjamin. What was Benjamin thinking during all this time. He must have been a grown man by now, he says nothing during this whole interlude, or perhaps he fears his brothers for what happened to Joseph. How amazing the Love though that was shown to Jacob, to return his favorite son to him. Judah must have been a slight bit jealous not to be the favorite, yet he was willing to take the place of Benjamin to spare his father more pain. I wonder what it must have been like to live in that household when Jacob was mourning Joseph and the rest of the brothers knew of their guilt on how they treated their brother. I know for myself sometimes, when I do something that was unintentional and wrong how horrible I feel to cause another pain, but to intentionally sacrifice a loved one and cause pain of another loved one, I cannot imagine the pain and guilt that overwhelmed them.... To show that much love, is much like what Jesus did for us, he took the place of us, though he did not have any guilt to bear, it was not his burden to pay, yet still he paid it at a price that cost him his life. How amazing is that love!

God Bless