Below, therefore, are some statements from Elisabetta de Trizio, nurse in the urology department of Molfetta.
«I am very lucky to do this job. In my life I encountered the early death of my father, who became seriously ill, and I believe that from there began my search for answers about that world with which I had come into contact. Being a nurse is not easy, you deal with a person in difficulty for the most disparate reasons. And this is why it is important to empathize with others. During the COVID period, for example, I practiced several anointings of the sick, being a convinced Franciscan and helping in a Christian way those who wanted it” declares Elisabetta.
Of particular note is the testimony he wrote in his own hand: “I feel inside”, a story in which he reinterpreted his profession in an emotional key.
Specifically, his words are born and grow in the shadow of the deepest watershed in contemporary history: the pandemic. “At the time the Molfetta hospital was not hosting any positive cases but, as fragile patients were still present, visits were suspended, triggering a deep void and an incurable sense of loneliness in those hospitalized.” Elisabetta says she was moved from the medical department, which emotionally turned out to be the most devastating: «The patients in that department are bedridden, serious or elderly but above all disappointed, disappointed by the missed visits, disappointed by the bitterness of being alone» – she comments – «I used the phone for many video calls which I was forced to attend and in which crying was the only thing the sick people could do. I remember an 84-year-old lady who, due to a tumor with brain metastases, was unclear and cried because she wanted her mother to come to her. I therefore decided to treat her like my mother, suffering from Alzheimer’s, and assured her that she would arrive as soon as possible: this reassured her time and time again.”
But, now therefore, we can ask ourselves what the emotional repercussion could be of the infinite cases of suffering witnessed in the world of healthcare.
«Coming home I had to deal with my fragility: I was crying and I couldn’t be the woman I always was. I didn’t get sick with Covid 19 but that virus got into me anyway” – declares Elisabetta, aware of how necessary it is for nurses to be flexible and try not to absorb the suffering of others, while at the same time empathizing with “the signs of masks are in the soul. At the time I felt morally low, but I always promised myself to show my determination and continue to assist the sick. I’m starting to get back up, but it’s hard.”
