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Hospital Staff
The pre-op room had a lot more beds than my room. There were curtains surrounding each bed. A nurse checked my vital signs: my blood pressure, my heart rate, my respiratory rate, and my temperature. My dad was being silly and telling me jokes. One by one doctors and nurses in pajama scrub suits appeared at my bed. They were smiling and wanted to know if we were having a party because there was so much giggling. They were the surgeons and surgical nurses that were doing my operation. They all came to greet me. The anesthesiologist who came to see me the day before was there too. He asked me if I liked strawberry, watermelon or bubble gum the best. I got to sniff little bottles of each. I chose bubble gum. He had a little mask for me to try on and said that he could make it smell like bubble gum. Everyone else wanted to smell it, too. I also wanted to mention that I have been very patient and cooperative with the nurses who prepared me before surgery. There was a lady who we met with first and we closed our eyes together. She asked God to comfort me and guide me through this emotional and scary time in my life. She also asked Him to be with me while I recover. This lady prayed for me; she actually spoke to God for me. God bless every child who comes to this excellent hospital..... I never like to be in the hospital - it feels yucky. I hate needles in me. I get those mostly for blood tests. They always do them in the treatment room. I think its an okay place. I don't really like to go there though. But my favorite blood people are Larry and Madelyn. I'm used to them and Madelyn came and did my nails. I could not imagine someone else taking over my care I feel the most important part of someone with an illness is the type of care they get from their doctors. Now in my years of being sick, I have had a few different heart doctors, but I think the one who managed my care and provided me with the most help is Dr. Gerald Marx. At first he worked at New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, but then he moved to Boston Children's Hospital. He is such a great doctor and all around person that I switched hospitals too, all because of him. Because I love and respect him as a doctor, I think we have a special bond that you don't see often between a patient and a doctor. So I could not even imagine someone else taking over my care. Through the years of growing up, when I got sick, I didn't always have to go to the Boston hospital -- I had plenty of admissions to St. Anne's hospital, in Fall River. All the nurses are really great, some have known me longer then others but I still could never pick a favorite. Because I love them all the same, it's like having another family....I haven't forgotten how nice they were to me, and how much it meant to have them all a part of my growing up and getting where I am today. I still will never forget the time all the nurses took up a money collection so that my boyfriend and I could buy tickets to his high school prom. They even collected enough money to pay for his tux rental. This is something we'll never forget, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, LOVE, DEBBIE & CRAIG.
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