Gary Shine
April 2021
Gary
Shine
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BSN, CCRN
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

 

 

 

Thank you to Nurse Gary for his care of our daughter, J, during her stay in the PICU. Sometimes the little things make a huge difference in how people treat one another. Gary is such a compassionate and teaching caretaker. The morning after my daughter spent the night with the staff working to keep her blood glucose levels very low, I woke up in the hospital hoping that the previous day had only been a dream. Gary took over the morning shift with a good dose of encouragement and education. He walked us through our first lesson in counting carbohydrates. He kept encouraging J that she would do well in the management of Type 1 Diabetes. He even gave her a quick math lesson highlighting the way the human heart does the consummate work of a superior engineer (because she plans to become an engineer). We were only with Gary a short time before we moved to another room. Yet, his British voice telling us "all will be well" will forever be a reminder to us that joy comes in the morning. We were so glad he was there in the morning. Thank you, Gary!"