I am late sending this as my recovery has been slow, but I will never forget the care, concern, and compassion shown to me by Julie Mudd. I had been moved to a different room late in the afternoon and I was in a lot of pain and was in and out of sleep from the pain medication. My children had all left earlier in the day. Sometime in the middle of the night, I woke up and was completely overwhelmed with my situation; I had no idea where I was, what time it was, or where my children were.
I burst into tears, sobbing, and prayed for what seemed like a long time. During this time, I reminded the Lord of his promise of never leaving me and being in control of all things, but how I just needed to talk with my mom, who had passed away over 10 years ago; there is just nothing like a momma at times like this. I continued to cry and pray and then Julie came in to see if I was in pain.
After turning on some light, Julie saw I had been crying a lot, but I told her I didn't think I was in pain. She asked why I was crying, so I opened up to her and told her how scared I was. She held my hand and reassured me I was doing awesome. As a patient, Julie explained the surgery I had and encouraged me that things would get better. Julie stayed with me until I stopped crying and I felt like I would be ok. She showed me how to use my call button again and told me to call her if I needed anything. Julie was a special gift to me that night.