Grief

I had a family member pass away very unexpectedly early the other morning, I sat with her until she stopped breathing in the ER. She was put on comfort care and passed pretty quickly after. I work in LTC and am scared to return to work after everything. I’m worried that I’ll start crying immediately upon stepping into a residents room. Helping people who are the same age that she was seems like it will be very difficult. If anyone has been through this and has any advice I would appreciate it. Some of her last words to me were that if I just keep helping people the way that I do I’ll get to see her again one day. I want to get back to work to help my residents, I love my job, I’m just anxious about what emotions I’ll have when I clock in. It’s even harder that her last words to me revolved around my job and reaching my career goals in healthcare.