Saturday, June 1, 2024
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Forty years ago I was a baby RN working on the surgical floor at Citizens Hospital. I learned so much from Dr. Murphy. He loved to teach us or take time to explain things to us when we had questions. I think every nurse that came through the hospital learned about third spacing, wet to dry dressings, and the proper way to apply an abdominal dressing. He would often explain to patients why being at Talladega, where everyone knew someone that made them special to be cared for, rather than go to the big Birmingham hospitals where people didn’t know you.
We shared our own few little funnies that he always reminded me of years later. I enjoyed my time in the OR and watching him work. He once bought us homemade soup from home, thanks to GeorgeAnn, when we were snowed in and sleeping on stretchers in the Recovery Room. He was a kind-hearted, down to earth man with a spirit of service.
I’m sure his family will miss him very much.
RIP, Doctor.
Dee Fuller, RN
