Bridget Dwyer, Registered General Nurse

My mam has been hospitalised for almost one month now and has been critical in ICU the past two weeks. She presented with a flare-up from her Crohn’s disease, but then contracted an infection in both lungs and also Influenza A. She had a lot of inflammation around her liver, so she was put into an induced coma to give her the best possible chance. She remained in a coma for two weeks and is amazingly doing great. I first met Bridget when my mam was flu-free, and in the ICU ward, she introduced herself immediately with the softest, friendliest tone. She explained everything my mam had gone through and how she was doing. She made us feel so at ease and even cared about how we were doing. We got the pleasure of her looking after my mam again a couple of days later. My mam suffers with her mental health too, and Bridget was the perfect person to ease her mind. She is a very special person and has this twinkle about her that my family and I will never forget. My mam even said so herself, and she is a hard nut to crack. If you get the chance to meet Bridget in your lifetime, consider yourself lucky.