Healing a Heart with Kindness

--by pattyjw59, posted Apr 20, 2008

I suffer from atrial fibrillation of the heart, and recently had to go through a 5-hour heart stress test to check my arteries and blood flow. I had been very stressed out and fearful of what they might find, and also was uneasy about the upcoming tests.

During one portion of the test, an angel in a nurse's uniform named Julie spent the 30 minutes or so that it took to complete the test answering my many questions, advising me on my choices, and reassuring me that all would be fine and I'd probably live to be 90.

When I desperately needed someone to share my fears with, just someone to hear me, there she was. And get this: as I prepared to leave, she gave me a big bear hug and told me how blessed SHE was to have met ME!

Her kindness was so sweet and wonderful that when I left there I felt like a million bucks! On the way home I stopped and bought a cute thank you card and popped it in the mail to her. All the thank you cards in the world could not express my gratitude to her for being such a light in the darkness when I needed it the most! God bless her always!

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Posted by pattyjw59
Apr 20, 2008
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summergirl wrote: I know what you mean about that thank you cards don't show what you really feel. It is just a small portion of what you actually feel. I really enjoyed reading your story. Thank you for sharing it.

miamaia wrote: Gives me goosebumps,I believe God sends us angels when we need them!

JuneBug wrote: DIFFENTLY an angel!!! God knows what we need when we need it....

bitesize wrote: Nurse's are the best. I had one just like juile when I was giving birth and and compliations. She was the on one I could lean on there, and understood how I was feeling. The doctors where not telling me anything. . .she was just an angel. She was the only one who seemed to want to comfort me. I never did get her name. But your story reminds me of her.
Thank you for sharing

makesomeonesmile wrote: I'm sure she enjoyed the card. Thanks for taking the time to recognize her kindness. They are all kind of stressed right now!

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