Mary Rimer

I was working that evening in the Cancer Center as a sitter, when I came into work I had a slight headache.  I kept thinking it would get better, but it didn’t.  I remember making it to the nurse’s station to see if I could go home, by then I was shaking, it hurt so bad. 

I went to see the House Supervisor, Mary Rimer.  She told me the only place I was going was to the Emergency Department, she got a wheelchair and took me there herself.  She held my hand while the nurse took my vital signs.  My BP was somewhere in the 220/160’s.  I was in so much pain, I couldn’t even think, but she went out of her way to make sure I was well taken care of.  I was a bit scared and I felt like my head was going to drop off my neck. 

When I needed an angel, she was there.  Mary has made an impression in my heart that will stay forever.  My Mom died 7 years ago, but that night through Mary’s kind, swift and decisive actions, I felt my Mom’s presence.