rita vallazza, RN

It being Easter Sunday, neither of us thought my wife would get her angiogram done. My wife called and said they would do the procedure in an hour. I was there in 45 minutes and she had been taken already. I know the procedure is relatively safe but I wanted to be there for her before she went in. Because I was not there I was rather upset. Rita offered to walk me down to the area where the angiograms are done. The lights were off and no one was there. I must admit that I started crying because I was too late to see my wife. Rita, although her shift was over, stayed with me until I was called and told that everything was fine. She walked with me back upstairs and got me a soda for my wait to see my wife. I really appreciated her empathy and the fact that she stayed with me rather than going home to her family on Easter morning.