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date: 2025-11-07
created: 2026-01-07T11:21:04
category:
  - "[[Journal]]"
type:
  - "[[Reflection]]"
topic:
  - "[[Volunteering at Harplands Ward 1]]"
title: Ward 1, my first time meeting patients
tags:
---
My first time on the ward proper, last was the [[2026-01-07 1121 Ward 1 MTD|MDT]], were I wasn't actually doing anything.

This day was not the best experience that I can remember. No one knew what to do with me, I just stood in the office for what seemed like half hour until I over heard on the the nurses saying to the healthcare assistants that [[Kevin 2025-11-07|Kevin]] liked to play [[Scrabble|scrabble]], I which point I quickly interjected "That's something that I can do", finally I had a tread I could pull on, something to do.

And that's when I met Kevin for the first time. We played [[Chess|chess]], he won, although I prioritised a good interaction over winning. He was bed bound, I didn't know what was wrong with him, but he had tremors, spoke in a whisper at times. In the end I felt as though I'd done something good, not exactly made a difference, but a small step at least.