LT LaQueto Houston
May 2021
Laqueto
Houston
,
RN
OBGYN Clinic
U.S. Naval Hospital Sigonella
Sigonella
Italy
LT Houston was very open with us throughout the next few months and even to this day she makes sure that my husband and I are both doing well.
I would like to recognize LaQueto Houston for the care and compassion that she showed my husband and me after we found out that I miscarried our first child. I first met LT Houston at the Child Development Center where I work. From the moment I met her, I knew she was a very caring and patient person. After my husband and I first learned that I was pregnant, we scheduled a consultation that just happened to be with LT Houston. We went into the appointment with what seemed like a million questions and LT Houston was very professional and patient as she answered all of our questions. My husband and I could both tell that she loved working in the OBGYN clinic because you could see the joy and excitement on her face when she talked about her job and when she talked about the joy of a new baby. Since I saw LT Houston often through work she would ask me almost every day how I was feeling and if I had any new questions.
After we found out a few weeks later that I had experienced the miscarriage, my husband and I were both devastated. As soon as LT Houston learned that we had had the miscarriage, she immediately reached out to give us her condolences and to let us know that she was there to support us in whatever capacity she could. The first couple of weeks I had a lot of questions about things that my body was doing and what I should expect in the coming months. LT Houston was very open with us throughout the next few months and even to this day she makes sure that my husband and I are both doing well. I have never had a nurse who has done so much for me and given me the quality of care and understanding that she has. She never told me that I had to make an appointment in order to get my questions answered and not once did I ever feel like she was getting tired of all my questions.
The wound that losing a child leaves behind is very open and raw and LT Houston was there to reassure us and answer so many of our questions. She anticipated many of our questions before we even needed to ask and offered many resources to help us cope with our loss. Even to this day, LT Houston asks how we are doing and if there is anything she can do to help us. If LT Houston had not been as willing to help as she was I have no doubt that I would have made many more doctors' appointments and would have had many more concerns. It is very apparent to my husband and me that she genuinely cares about her patients and loves what she does.
After we found out a few weeks later that I had experienced the miscarriage, my husband and I were both devastated. As soon as LT Houston learned that we had had the miscarriage, she immediately reached out to give us her condolences and to let us know that she was there to support us in whatever capacity she could. The first couple of weeks I had a lot of questions about things that my body was doing and what I should expect in the coming months. LT Houston was very open with us throughout the next few months and even to this day she makes sure that my husband and I are both doing well. I have never had a nurse who has done so much for me and given me the quality of care and understanding that she has. She never told me that I had to make an appointment in order to get my questions answered and not once did I ever feel like she was getting tired of all my questions.
The wound that losing a child leaves behind is very open and raw and LT Houston was there to reassure us and answer so many of our questions. She anticipated many of our questions before we even needed to ask and offered many resources to help us cope with our loss. Even to this day, LT Houston asks how we are doing and if there is anything she can do to help us. If LT Houston had not been as willing to help as she was I have no doubt that I would have made many more doctors' appointments and would have had many more concerns. It is very apparent to my husband and me that she genuinely cares about her patients and loves what she does.