I have seen the extraordinary impact volunteers have on patient care. They go about their work quietly, but often we 1 how important they are, forgetting there is a 2 aspect just as important as biological's.
I remember an elderly woman who broke her hip, 3 to walk. Yet what 4 her most was her dog at home, alone, without any food. From a medical perspective, this wasn't a 5. Yet for the 6, she wouldn't have been able to 7 on getting better until she knew her dog was looked after. Then the volunteer 8 in the sickroom and reassured that he would 9 everything. He checked on the dog, fed him and 10 to find a foster home(寄养家庭) for it. It allowed the patient 11 of mind on physical recovery.
When I was 18 and had just started 12 school, I too volunteered. I had volunteered thinking that I would help others but 13, it helped me. On my first day I met an elderly woman who had just been 14 with terminal cancer. I'd never met anyone who was dying and didn't know what to say or how to 15. But over the 16 of many weeks, we 17 a close friendship. In the later six months, she taught me more about life and 18 than six years at medical school ever could.
At such a young age, she had a 19 impact on me. Yes, it was sad when she died. But more than anything, it was a heart warming, uplifting and fulfilling 20. which changed me for I he better.
