Rita
Vallazza
May 2012
Rita
Vallazza
,
RN
Cardio Thoracic Step Down Unit
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria
,
IL
United States
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.