My daughter was 5.
Recovering from open heart surgery.
Tentatively walking up the corridor, she met a nurse.
"Come in here," she said.
"I want to show you something."
The nurse led us into the quiet room
That room on every ward with a box of tissues & a picture on the wall...
Recovering from open heart surgery.
Tentatively walking up the corridor, she met a nurse.
"Come in here," she said.
"I want to show you something."
The nurse led us into the quiet room
That room on every ward with a box of tissues & a picture on the wall...
A tightness in my chest.
So many families whose lives I had changed with bad news broken in rooms like this...
"Come to the window", said Emma, the nurse with a smile.
My daughter tottered over slowly.
I saw it before she did...
So many families whose lives I had changed with bad news broken in rooms like this...
"Come to the window", said Emma, the nurse with a smile.
My daughter tottered over slowly.
I saw it before she did...
The city shone from down below.
An expanse of lights in the darkness.
Emma carefully lifted my daughter & stood her on the sofa so she could see over the windowsill.
Silence...
A quiet moment of wonder.
"Wow..!" she whispered.
An expanse of lights in the darkness.
Emma carefully lifted my daughter & stood her on the sofa so she could see over the windowsill.
Silence...
A quiet moment of wonder.
"Wow..!" she whispered.
We stood there for a few minutes, my daughter, Emma and I.
As I wiped a tear from the corner of my eye, Emma leaned towards me.
"She's going to be ok", she said.
As I wiped a tear from the corner of my eye, Emma leaned towards me.
"She's going to be ok", she said.
2 yrs later, whenever we see the illuminated city at night,
my daughter remembers her surgery.
She doesn't remember pain or fear.
Instead, she remembers Emma.
Emma and the night sky.
Nurses are incredible.
#Nursing #NHS
my daughter remembers her surgery.
She doesn't remember pain or fear.
Instead, she remembers Emma.
Emma and the night sky.
Nurses are incredible.
#Nursing #NHS
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