mpnatx
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Aug 5, 2014
- Messages
- 372
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2014
- Country
- US
- State
- Texas
- City
- Austin
My brother has been in intensive care for the past week on life support. I spent the day with him yesterday and one of the nurses struck up a conversation with me.
She asked me if I was a relative and I told her he is my brother.
She then told me she's been a nurse for 24 years.
Then she asked me if I had a bad knee because I use a cane. I told her I had ALS and needed it to walk.
Then she said " isn't that the disease that they did the ice bucket challenge?" I said yes that's it.
She says "weren't they pouring ice on their heads to show how painful it is?"
I said no, it was to raise awareness for ALS. She said oh, I thought ALS made people cold!
Health professional ignorance at it's best!
She asked me if I was a relative and I told her he is my brother.
She then told me she's been a nurse for 24 years.
Then she asked me if I had a bad knee because I use a cane. I told her I had ALS and needed it to walk.
Then she said " isn't that the disease that they did the ice bucket challenge?" I said yes that's it.
She says "weren't they pouring ice on their heads to show how painful it is?"
I said no, it was to raise awareness for ALS. She said oh, I thought ALS made people cold!
Health professional ignorance at it's best!
