I wanted to add.......nursing kindness rocks

[JanieHA]

I do admire nurses so much. A good nurse can make al the difference in a patients recovery and the families worries.

Doctors found a benign brain tumor on our only child's brain when he was 17. It was a 12 hour surgery and we had been told MRI'S showed it was a cyst. It was suppose to be a 3 hour surgery with removal of the cyst and seizure activity. It was such a shock when they came out and said it was a tumor and they were not able to get the seizure activity.

I was almost hysterical and ran down to the chapel in tears. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder and it was a nurse. She handed me some tissue and told me they were going to bring our son down the hallway, something that didn't usually do, so I could see he was ok. She helped me up and walked me down with her arm around my shoulder and was so kind. I was able to compose myself. He was asleep but it helped me so much to see he was breathing and ok. In the ICU, the nurse there let me stay with him longer then allowed and I was there when he woke up. I was able to console him until he fell back asleep.

3 days later, he was taken to a room and I was not so lucky with 2 nurses there. I saw recliners in every room but my sons. I went to the desk and requested one as I could not leave him and stayed nights. They told me it would cost 10$ and I didn't have it and they said it could not be put on the hospital bill. I was so exhausted or I would have figured them out. But I went back to my sons room and slept on the floor all night.

The next morning, his dr. and a nurse came to see him. The dr. was busy checking our son but the nurse said, "Why are you on the floor"? I explained and she said,"Honey, there is no charge for recliners. I'll be right back" and she went up to the desk. She was furious and was able to identify the 2 nurses that were merely trying to make 10$ off me. She sent them somewhere and then came back and apologized to me. She had a recliner brought in and I was SO grateful. Since our son slept all day, so did I and woke up so refreshed because of her kindness.

I was so grateful to the nurses that really cared and helped us through this terrible time with their kindness.