Sherry Pelchen – RN, We deliver

Sherry was helping to treat a young patient who was very sick. Early one morning Sherry picked up the morphine bag for this patient and was going to bring it to her house so her husband could hook it up to the morphine drip she used on a daily basis. Before Sherry could get to the house the husband called. He said his wifewas having a “good day” and she had decided to go to the mall to enjoy it with her close friend. While the patient was at the mall her morphine pump started to beep, a warning that the morphine was almost gone. Her husband was panicked because he didn’t want the morphine to run out and he didn’t want to have to pick up his wife early; she was finally having fun. Sherry said that she would immediately go and meet the husband at the mall to deliver the bag personally. She made it to the mall and the patient’s husband was able to replace the bag before she experienced any discomfort. The patient continued with her friend and had a wonderful day. It just so happened that it was the last time she was able to visit the mall.