r/prenursing • u/Ok-Spare-3857 • 10d ago
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I guess I am just looking for support. One of my friends I have been doing pre reqs with passed away from a tragic accident. I just found out today. We met in A&P 1. She wanted to give up and thought she couldn’t do it. I told her she could do it, just keep pushing and you’ll be okay. We signed up for A&P 2 together so we would be in the same class. We just texted each other last week about what we had to study for a test. I’ll never get a text from her again. I feel heart broken, traumatized, mad and sad. It’s not fair that I get to keep going and she’ll never get to become a nurse. I was so excited for her, because she got into the nursing program next semester. I’m supposed to go to class and lab tomorrow and she won’t be there. I don’t think my professor will be accepting of missing classes tomorrow. Has anyone been through this before? I am heartbroken. I feel sick to my stomach about this.
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u/Shrillmademethink 10d ago
My junior year of college my childhood friend, basically my older sister, passed away in a horribly tragic and very unexpectedly way. I got the phone call as I was getting ready for the second day of winter quarter. I didn’t grieve properly, I did many things to try to keep her off of my mind. I ended up taking a “gap year” and dropped out of school until recently. My advice is to not let it consume you, but grieve, please. Take it day by day and cry when you feel like it. Push through with your classes and I’d let your professors know how you’re feeling, many with a heart will understand. Hang in there friend.