This past week was Nurse Appreciation Week and WE LOVE OUR NURSES!! We have had the support and encouragement of so many nurses this past year. Two of Stella's grandmas (her Nana and her Aji) and two of her aunts (her Aunt Lesley and her Aunt Laura) have the privilege to also call themselves nurses and I hope they know how appreciated they are for their selfless career choice!
We also love the nurses who helped us while we were at St Joe's and Phoenix Children's (and some of them were even there for us at both hospitals.) To show our appreciation to these nurses we decided to bring them some goodies while we were in Phoenix today.
Stella was a happy girl showcasing her treats and I hope the nurses of the CVICU and our favorite Nurse Practitioner, Laura, got a slight glimpse at how much we appreciate them. While we were in the hospital the CVICU nurses were always so great. Normally it is one nurse to two patients but there were many days when Stella had her own nurse, or even two nurses to just her, because she was in such critical condition. The nurses worked 12 hour shifts with no breaks and a critical, stressful patient (and an on-the-verge-of-hysterical family) without complaining. The doctors and surgeons did an amazing job at fixing Stella's heart but the nurses kept her alive. They were constantly her advocate and our support and there is absolutely no way that we could have made it home without them. We made some great relationships with some of the nurses and I am so thankful that they are a part of our lives.
I hope everyone took the chance to appreciate the nurses that they know this past week...but I hope that the nurses know that they are appreciated EVERY day for the amazing, difficult, and miraculous jobs that they do.
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