two nervous girls

met two extremely nervous girls today.
will be putting them to sleep for surgery tomorrow.
one is 13, and having a hip surgery. she looked so vulnerable, felt like picking her up, and rocking her to sleep.
was feeling irritated after having to wait for so long to see some patients. but it melted my heart to see her lying so scared on her bed with her mother sitting beside her. so i kidded her some, called her 'your majesty', and that kind of stuff. got her to smile, which was really worth it, i must say. convinced her to suffer one small injection. promised her in would buy the smallest needle in the world for her sake.
the other one was more of a problem. she's 22, and the kind i'm scared will jump three feet in the air if i even show her a needle. and we were planning a spinal on her!
talked to her too. but not sure i did much good in her case. wondering if gas-induction would not be the best for both of them. just hold mask and watch them sleep and then do the rest. hmmmmmm. tempting, isn't it?