Jake Lawlor, RN

My husband suffered a brain bleed while golfing. He was airlifted to BWH. He was very sick- required artificial ventilation and was in a chemical coma for almost 48 hours. Those 48 hours were the longest, hardest, and most challenging hours of my life, as I was trying to come to terms with what was happening and if my husband would even survive. I was trying so hard to stay calm and positive for my 2 daughters.

The nurse who had my husband, I have known from just saying hello and making small talk. I am an IV nurse at BWH and now I was on the other side. I was now the family member of a critically ill patient. Jake Lawlor is one of the best nurses I have ever met, not because he took care of my husband but because he CARES, he really cares. Not only did he work like a superhuman nurse, but he also took care of everything. The way he took care of my husband I can only make the correlation like this: he was the conductor of care. He never missed one thing, and all the time he was caring for my husband he was supporting me as I was falling apart mentally and emotionally.

My husband was inpatient for 24 days. He did extremely well and is coming home in 1 day. I have been a nurse for 30+ years and I can honestly say I have never in my entire career as a nurse have ever come across a more compassionate, caring, and very intelligent nurse as I did when watching Jake Lawlor. BWH should be proud to have him as an employee, he is an amazing nurse and even better person.