Encore Episode: Swear on My Life
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Thanks for joining us for this episode of Thirteen. It wouldn't be possible to make Thirteen without the support of our patrons. We'd like to thank... Thank you so much for your support. Patrons get, well, a lot more 13. Additional stories each month, access to a patron-only Discord server where you can chat with us and other fans of the show, add free episodes, bloopers, behind-the-scenes content, and, depending on your tier, exclusive patron-only merch. Find out more at patreon.com slash 13pod. We'll put a link in the show notes. Before we get into this month's story, we wanted to tell you about Guide to the Unknown. Guide to the Unknown is a podcast about horror movies and the paranormal. Every week, siblings Kristen Anderson and Will Rogers discuss pop culture and the unexplained from the perspective of the celebratory skeptic and a sort of believer.
Some favorite episodes include a look at haunted amusement parks, listener stories, and cursed thrift store purchases. Also, they've got breakdowns of tons of horror movies and video games. New episodes every Friday, and you can find them wherever you're listening right now. Look for links in the show notes. This month's story is Swear on Your Life by Chris West. Okay, get comfy. Turn down the lights. Are you ready? On with the show.
The last few nurses we've hired have all flaked on me, Jim said with an exhausted sigh. Please tell me you don't plan on flaking. I stood in the foyer of the tiny ranch-style house and listened to him talk. He looked tired. The bags under his eyes had bags under their eyes. When I arrived at the ranch, Jim was dressed in a pair of well-worn Wranglers, a fading red plaid button-up, and a form-fitting cowboy hat. He was still dusty from the day's work. His boots were caked in dried mud. I don't plan on flaking, I said. Swear on my life.
Forgive me, but they all say that.
I moved from Colorado to work here. I'm not planning on going anywhere in the immediate future.
That's right. Agency said they had to hire you from out of state. They didn't have anyone local to do the job. Really? So they told me. For the life of me, I can't figure out what's going on. I mean, my mom is basically a living corpse.
He turned to where his mom was sitting.
No offense, Mom.
It may sound cruel, but what a lot of people don't understand is that dealing with someone in an extreme medical condition, day in and day out, it can numb you. It wears you down. Gallows humor exists because working in the gallows really sucks. Every moment of your day is spent worrying and caring about someone else. Some people can handle it, and some can't. It doesn't make you weak if you can't. It makes you human. Looking at Jim, I could see that he was struggling. His mom, Agnes, was in a catatonic state and needed nearly round-the-clock care. She was nonverbal and had limited use of her limbs. Her body had started to fail in both big and small ways. She needed eye drops in her eyes every hour she was awake so they wouldn't dry out.
You had to move her from her wheelchair to her bed to avoid any bed sores from forming. She needed help eating. Everything was signaling end-of-life care, but her heart and lungs were healthy. She was as near death as any healthy people are at any given moment. I spoke up again. What did the other nurses say?
They just felt uncomfortable in the house. That mom was difficult to manage.
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