Have You Ever Been A Superhero?

... She is the reaosn why I fianlly decided to become a nurse. Oh yeah she went to the NICU for me to visit my litlle boy, and take pictures. She didn't have to do all that. the fact that she care what my son's name was was enough.

THANKS to all those nurses who take even one second to let their patients know that they care it really does make a difference! even though sometimes it seems like it doesn't

THANK YOU

Last year I went into preterm labour and my son was born 3 months early. The most horrible time in my life. C-section, punctured bowel, sepsis you name it I had it and the whole time all I could think of was my little boy. I had only seen him for 2 seconds when he was born, so all I had was a crappy polaroid picture of him, I was transferred to a different hospital for treatment and such. While I was there all the nurses call my son NBM I kept tellin them his name is JACOB no one listened, finally they transferred me back to the hospital where my son was. I was still really really sick and the nurses at the women's/ children's hospital where I was totally heged around the fact that I had even had a littl eboy all. Then I was having so many infections and stuff so they sent me to ICU b/c of all the drips and such anyways, the nurs that came on the first night just said he yI heard you have a son what is his name? all I could do was totally bawl my eyes out! she was such a sweetie I had to have alot of blood transfusions so she went out and rented me movies that I could watch on my Portable DVD player and because I was totally freaked out about watching someone elses blood creep towards my body she stayed with me long after her shift ended so I wouldn't have to be alone. She is the reaosn why I fianlly decided to become a nurse. Oh yeah she went to the NICU for me to visit my litlle boy, and take pictures. She didn't have to do all that. the fact that she care what my son's name was was enough.

THANKS to all those nurses who take even one second to let their patients know that they care it really does make a difference! even though sometimes it seems like it doesn't

THANK YOU

Danianne, I went into nursing for a similar reason. My husband had a massive bleed r/t a cerebral aneurysm 18 years ago. He was in ICU for a week waiting for the swelling to go down so they could operate. I stayed with him so he wouldn't have to be restrained. He'd try to pull out all his lines. Well the nurses were great: they got me a comfy recliner, lots of encouragement, smiles, etc. It was a challenging time but the nurses (and prayer) got us through it. -Sherry

It's the little things you do to show someone that you care.