Go here to read part one of the heart transplant volunteer Continued from part 1….
These 2 people gave me a bit of hope where I only could see uncertainty Even though I was back home in less than a month; I was on a long path to recovery. I often thought of these two people and what an impact they made on me. I was never quite sure how to go about volunteering but I had the email address of a social worker I had met during my “events” and I was soon pointed in the right direction. I wasn’t able to start as quickly as my mind wanted me to, as I forgot about the corporate and legal bureaucratic stuff that I would have to complete initially.
Forms, orientations and training. But after a short wait I was visiting with patients, and then ultimately cleared to see the pre and post transplant patients. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect when I went on the transplant floors in the hospital, possibly even the same room where I had been shortly after my life changed in such a dramatic fashion. Regardless, I walked in with an open mind.
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