A prayer for the patient

Patient
March 8, 2013

I was startled awake at 3:40 am by a loudspeaker blaring “Code Blue … Code Blue.”

As the hospital’s newly hired chaplain intern, I’d been sleeping in the overnight room. Stumbling out of bed and groggily changing out of my pajamas, I made sure to put on my hospital badge.

I made my way to the hospital’s “Z” building, where the ICU was located, and took the elevator to the fourth floor. …

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