God bless your heart & soul

On my 5th shift I had the sweetest elderly patient who had Parkinson's disease. His wife was also there with him. Thoughout the night he had diarrhea about 5 times  (I know it's gross) so I was super busy helping to clean him up and taking care of 4 other patients with my preceptor. It was a LONG night to say the least. By 7am I was super tired. I went in to give him some medication and I told him and his wife that I was leaving and that it was a pleasure taking care of him. His wife said that she would miss me and then he thanked me and said "God bless your heart and soul" in the most genuine and sincere way and it just warmed my heart. I thanked them and I left the hospital that morning feeling refreshed  because I knew that I really made a difference in that man's life. Even though it wore me out taking care of him it was worth it because I helped him in his time of need. At that moment I realized that I'm cut out to be a nurse because I loved that feeling of helping someone even when it's a challenge.