communicate. I was a night nurse and our bedtime routine included reading a book and me telling her she was my “lov- er-dover.” Every time I’d enter or leave her home, the patient would start slapping her chest. It finally occurred to me she was signing “mine.” After questioning, I found she was telling me that I was her “lover-dover” too. Submitted by Donna Higgins THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I’VE EVER HEARD beautiful singing coming from the room next door. Since that was also my patient, I knocked on the door and went in. There were five other family members with the patient, and they were singing to her. They asked me to stay as they continued to sing. It was the most beautiful and harmonic thing I’ve ever heard, and my eyes welled up with tears. They were using music to relax and heal, though I think it affected me more than it did my patient. I was so touched they included me in that special mo- ment, and it lightened my mood for the rest of the week. Submitted by Lori Ackerman When I was still a floor nurse, I was in a pa- tient’s room, and I heard this W
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