My mother is a patient in the Rehabilitation Unit. She just suffered from a stroke with left hemiplegia and verbal communication problem. Before retirement, my mother was a Chinese language teacher. After retirement, she developed an elderly art group with neighbors in which they talked, sang songs and play Erhu together. And after she had a stroke, she could not speak and was not willing to try. We were afraid that she might get depressed.
Her nurse, Ms. Wang Wei, recommended that we should buy some reading cards and a writing board for my mother. A few days later, my mother refused to use the tools as they were inconvenient in emergency situations.
Being aware of this, Ms. Wang invited my mother to participate in group education activities on weekends, but my mother refused. Ms. Wang talked to me and we decided to ask my son to take his grandma to the activity. We made it! During the activity, my mother met some patients with similar conditions, and one of them read a poem in ambiguous words. My mother was so happy for that patient! At that time, Ms. Wang encouraged my mother to say her own name bravely. Gradually, my mother said her name in the way that we could understand and we were so happy. After that, Ms. Wang told us to be confident and patient and encouraged us to communicate with my mother more often. For the next few weekends, Ms. Wang always took my mother to the activities and my mother gradually felt hope.
One day, Ms. Wang was giving my mother her medicine. Before giving the medicine, she checked carefully by asking for my mother's name to make sure that right medicine was being given to a right patient. My mother said her name loudly and clearly. When Ms. Wang was leaving my mother's bedside, my mother picked the reading card with "Thank you" and said, "Thank you, Ms. Wang!"
We are so grateful to Ms. Wang for being so nice to my mother and us. On behalf of my family, I would like to express our heartfelt thanks to Ms. Wang.
Thank you, Ms. Wang!