Amanda L Brownlee, RN

We had an out-of-state patient come to our hospital with heavy bleeding. The patient needed an emergency C-section to save her life and her baby’s life. The baby was very premature and had to be transferred to another hospital while the mother still required care at Meadville Medical Center. A few days later, the mother was ready for discharge. However, she learned that her baby had taken a turn for the worst and now needed to be transferred to a higher level of care as surgery was needed to save the baby’s life. The mother had no way of getting a ride to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh as her husband was already there with the baby. One of our nurses had just finished working a 12-hour shift. She happens to be a single mother of two boys and could see how distraught the mother was. Without hesitation, our nurse offered to drive the mother to Pittsburgh in her own vehicle. She got her there in enough time, so that she was able to reconnect with her baby prior to the surgery.