Sad Future
The guy that I am about to present was a male nurse in Peru, he worked for the government also for a while. Thanks to his job in the government he was able to ask for a loan for which he lied so he could get it. He told his boss that he needed the money to make renovations on his home, but he knew that if he was to say the truth he would never leave his country.
The sad story of this guy is that he was very naive, he wanted to get a job with the red cross here in Dallas. I explained to him that it might not be possible because he would have to go back to school to get acredited again. But he was very passionate about his career, and he was not about to give up. So we got him the phone number, and some directions on how to get to the red cross in Dallas; he was very grateful.
He also told us that the reason why he came to the States was because his son was on a wheel chair, and that he barely had money to take him to the doctor. He also mentioned that every time he talks to his son, he tells him that he is exercising a lot so he can walk by the time he comes back home. At that moment i could not speak, I wanted to cry so bad. I could not understand why this guy had to go through all this, he was going through a really tough time.
We talked to him for more than an hour, between the stories of how he got here, and what he used to do back in Peru; he told us also that he had worked after hurracaine Katrina. He told us that he was lied to, and promised money at the end of his work. He said that after working several weeks, he never got paid and that they dumped them in Texas to get rid of them. So he was here with no home, no money, and not knowing where to start from.
He also mentioned that he worked at a construction site and that one day a fellow co-worker had an eccident and was having seizures, he ran to help him. He was told not to touch him, but no one was calling 911. He yelled at everyone to get help but no one would go near them. He then checked his vitals, and made sure he could move him to the shade, and he started giving him medical attention as good as he could. Later that day he was called into the office; he was told that because he helped that guy he was going to be punish with no payment for the week. He did not care, he was happy that they guy had made it alive.
As he was telling the story he said that he doesn’t regret helping his fellow co-worker because he did what he was trained to do, save lives. And even though he wants to work as a nurse in the United States, he would probably never get to do it. One because he is undocumented, and two because he does not speak English. It is a sad Future but he gave up with he had back at home to be able to send some money for his son.
