Sunday, 21 & Monday, 22 November, 1943

G.H.N.                                                                                                (72)

21-11-43                

My Own Darling, I have dated this letter the 21^st but really it is now five minutes to mid-night on the 20^th.  Yes, I am really on night-duty again.  I have been on since last (Tuesday) sorry – Wednesday.

What a time I am having too!  At the moment I have thirty-seven patients and most of them are very ill.  In fact there seems to be so many irrational patients and several attempting or actually managing to hop out of bed at the moment that it is more like a mental ward.  In fact, it will surprise me if I am still in my right mind when I have finished my three months on this ward.

I am only hoping that I have not to wait too long before I get some nights off.  If you arrive home and find me a complete nervous wreck do not be surprised will you?

22-11-43       10 p.m.

Could not finish this two nights ago when I started it as was disturbed by a frantic call for “Nurse”.  When I got there a young girl of twenty was walking around the ward in her night attire.  Poor girl – she had Pneumonia.  I am sorry to say that she died the following day.

Why am I boring you with all this “hospital shop”!  I guess that if I do not tell you something a little more interesting you will be writing and telling me not to write at all (Though I really cannot see that happening).

Our “Final” results did not arrive last Saturday – as expected.  I do wish that we could have them.  However, I suppose we shall have them when the General Nursing Council think fit to let us have them.

Kit is still on day duty.  As she has already done a month of her night duty I should not think she will be on again for some time.

In one of your recent letters you asked me if I remembered my last night duty and those nights off I had in January.  Darling as if I will forget!  How I wish that this time could be the same.  It seems queer but everything of importance that has happened to me has been whilst I have been on night duty.  I wonder if anything will happen this night duty?

As space is very small I will have to say Au-Revoir, Darling.  You have all my love – yours ever, Grace   xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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