Lucille has had nearly every job imaginable. She’s worked for a factory, a dentist’s office, a law firm, and an insurance adjuster. She’s worked in schools, driven a school bus and for the last two decades of her career, was the money manager at her local Walmart.
“I’ve loved every one of my jobs,” Lucille told us. “I just love working! I would work for nothing, but I never told my bosses that!”
Lucille loves working so much that she was still going to work at the age of 86. She had to quit, though, when she was diagnosed with COPD and her shortness of breath was getting in the way of her work.
When Lucille received her diagnosis, she was stunned. “The day they first brought the stuff in, I was overwhelmed. Jeff just started bringing in all this equipment and I said I can’t do this. It’s too complicated. But he sat with me and went through it step-by-step, over and over, until I was settled right down,” Lucille recalled. “The next day, Sarah came over to reinforce everything I’ve learned and now there is nothing to it.”
Lucille is grateful to her new oxygen setup because it lets her get out of the house and go shopping. One item she is very fond of picking up at the store: chocolate. “I am a chocoholic,” confessed Lucille. “I have a freezer full of chocolate, and I share some with Jeff when he comes to deliver my oxygen on Wednesdays.”
One day, when Jeff and Lucille were chatting, they got talking about schools. Jeff mentioned that he attended A.K. Wigg Elementary School. The two quickly put together that when Jeff was a student there, in the 1970s, Lucille was the secretary. They both shared their fond memories of the teachers and staff from that time, before realizing that Lucille also worked as a nurse at Jeff’s high school, where she was the one who gave him his immunizations.
“I was in the workforce for 70 years,” Lucille said. “I’ve dealt with a lot of people, but never have I come across a company where every single person is as knowledgeable, caring and helpful as with ProResp.”
Thanks, Lucille. We appreciate the kind words and all the chocolate treats! Learn more at www.prorespcares.ca
