{"id":627,"date":"2015-01-12T22:33:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T07:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=627"},"modified":"2015-01-13T02:42:26","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T11:42:26","slug":"jan-12-the-chaplain-wept","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 12 &#8211; The Chaplain Wept"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Jan. 12 &#8211; The Chaplain Wept\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=627\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/obituaries.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-628\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/obituaries.jpg\" alt=\"obituaries\" width=\"224\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/obituaries.jpg 224w, https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/obituaries-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I read the newspaper obituary section before going to work today tears formed in my eyes.\u00a0 One of our Hospice patients that I had grown very close to had died, and reading the obituary was my first news of her death.\u00a0 This patient and I would meet two times a month and because she outlived her original projected life expectancy, this has been a long-term spiritual care relationship.\u00a0 On my last visit to her I left convinced in my heart that God was going to call her home soon.\u00a0 Even with that conviction in my heart, reading the reality caused me to have a stronger emotional response than I anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>In the caregiving setting the stronger the bond between the caregiver and the patient it is often harder to let go when the death of the patient happens.\u00a0 That is where I am now.\u00a0 But I know a whole battalion of caregivers has gone before me who have experienced the same emotions and have survived them.\u00a0 So while this death has really pulled the strings of my heart, I know the discomfort of the moment will not be long lasting.\u00a0 My prayers go out today to anyone who has been a caregiver and is mourning the loss of their patient.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I read the newspaper obituary section before going to work today tears formed in my eyes.\u00a0 One of our Hospice patients that I had grown very close to had died, and reading the obituary was my first news of her death.\u00a0 This patient and I would meet two times a month and because she &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=627\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jan. 12 &#8211; The Chaplain Wept<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=627"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":629,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627\/revisions\/629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}