When asked what word the thought of sleep brings to mind, Liza answered “wonderful”. For those without sleep issues, sleep is served on a silver ‘bed’. You’re tired, you go to bed. When your life enables you to sleep in your own environment and bed consistently, every night, soundly – “you are blessed. But not…
Josée Gobeil is no longer with us, but this story is written in the present tense as a tribute to her hard work, empathy and service as a nurse. Through a few correspondences with her and her friend, I felt her commitment to the greater good. I thank her family for having consented to share…
“A life with night shift work and lack of sleep is like a marathon that we impose on ourselves to try to reconcile family life, work, and leisure, but which has immediate and long-term consequences on the mind and body.” – Julie, a night shift nurse “I stopped sleeping to take care of my son…
