Shawna Bolton
July 2023
Shawna
Bolton
,
RN
Post Partum
Mountainview Hospital
Las Vegas
,
NV
United States

 

 

 

Little did this nurse know how much she meant to me. It may have seemed like a small gesture, but my silent cries did not go unanswered. It's as if God used her to heal my broken spirit.
This awesome nurse checked on me hourly.  I delivered twin girls.  One of my twins was in NICU and the other is at my bedside. My husband had to work, my family is at home watching my other daughter and so I was here pretty much alone for most of my stay. I cried in my room alone because I wanted to see my other twin baby in the NICU but I couldn't just leave “baby A” alone.  So normally someone at the nurses’ station will have to watch her, “baby A”, while I go to NICU.  I noticed that most of the nurses were busy so I didn't ask them if I could leave “baby A” at the nurses’ station while I go to the NICU to visit “baby B”.  So I just suffered in silence.  But here comes this awesome nurse, she comes in my room and assess my pain level (which was 10 level and Yes, I am also a nurse here) and asked me: “Do you want me to wheel you down to see “baby B” right now?”  I nearly jumped out of my skin full of excitement because I was yearning to see my sweet angel! I didn't have to ask this nurse for anything.  She volunteers each time she comes and does her hourly assessment. She is the only nurse whom I had during my stay who volunteered to take me to the NICU. She didn’t only ask me once, but she asked me multiple times throughout her shift if I wanted to visit “baby B”.  Little did this nurse know how much she meant to me. It may have seemed like a small gesture, but my silent cries did not go unanswered. It's as if God used her to heal my broken spirit. I felt helpless, but she came to my rescue. Some nurses are angels, and she is definitely a woman with a halo. 

If you ever get this, Shawna, God bless you! You choose the right career.  I could barely walk after my C-section, you got a wheelchair and like Tina Turner we were rolling, rolling to the NICU.