Carrye Janes
January 2018
Carrye
Janes
,
RNC-OB
Labor & Delivery
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville
,
KY
United States
Carrye was our nurse the morning after my water broke at 22w3d. After surviving the night with not going into labor, we were meeting Dr. Cook (Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist) and the NICU team to discuss our case and plan of care. This is our first pregnancy and not something we had planned for. Carrye assured us she would be in the room with us when Dr. Cook and the NICU team came in to hear what they told us and answer any and all questions we may have after they left.
We were told by Dr. Cook the baby may be viable and he needed to transfer us to U of L where he could take care of both of us. We hadn't researched any other hospitals, let alone NICUs. We were overwhelmed with this news. Carrye told us everything she knew about Dr. Cook/Dr. King to ease our fears of transitioning to a new group of doctors from our chosen group at Women's First. Then the NICU team came in and gave some terrifying details, statistics and predicted outcomes to us. Again, Carrye sat patiently and answered all questions, heard all concerns, and offered information to help us make a decision.
My husband and I were both terrified of the transfer to U of L. We didn't know what to expect. Carrye rode in the ambulance with me and helped to keep the mood light. When we arrived, we backed up to a door that said, "decontamination room". I told Carrye I wasn't getting out if that's where they were taking me. She promised me she wouldn't let them take me there.
She walked me to my new room, gave an updated report and let me get settled into a new bed and asked if she could do anything else before leaving. While I know her riding along on my transfer was protocol, the extent of her caring, compassion and concern for my well-being, my husband's well-being and that of our unborn child's was not protocol. That was Carrye truly having a heart and passion for nursing. Someone who recognized our fear and did everything she could to alleviate some of it; someone who gave us some hope in the scariest hours of our lives thus far. She made an unplanned, terrifying transition easier and is truly a nurse we will never forget.
We were told by Dr. Cook the baby may be viable and he needed to transfer us to U of L where he could take care of both of us. We hadn't researched any other hospitals, let alone NICUs. We were overwhelmed with this news. Carrye told us everything she knew about Dr. Cook/Dr. King to ease our fears of transitioning to a new group of doctors from our chosen group at Women's First. Then the NICU team came in and gave some terrifying details, statistics and predicted outcomes to us. Again, Carrye sat patiently and answered all questions, heard all concerns, and offered information to help us make a decision.
My husband and I were both terrified of the transfer to U of L. We didn't know what to expect. Carrye rode in the ambulance with me and helped to keep the mood light. When we arrived, we backed up to a door that said, "decontamination room". I told Carrye I wasn't getting out if that's where they were taking me. She promised me she wouldn't let them take me there.
She walked me to my new room, gave an updated report and let me get settled into a new bed and asked if she could do anything else before leaving. While I know her riding along on my transfer was protocol, the extent of her caring, compassion and concern for my well-being, my husband's well-being and that of our unborn child's was not protocol. That was Carrye truly having a heart and passion for nursing. Someone who recognized our fear and did everything she could to alleviate some of it; someone who gave us some hope in the scariest hours of our lives thus far. She made an unplanned, terrifying transition easier and is truly a nurse we will never forget.