Emergency Staff: Dr Reeves, Tammy, Matt, Suzzanne, Dana and Pam

A wise man once said True compassion means not only feeling another's pain but also being moved to help relieve it. Our family had the privilege to be surrounded by Health Care Workers that did just that.

We came into the hospital, for our 98 year old Mom with COPD. You hear stories of Dr's saying Well she's old and then not treating her as if she were young, but Dr Reeves you not only did everything you could think of but you stepped out of the box and did more. The more was probably to make us siblings feel better about the condition of Mom. Medically, you to talked to us, not above us, we understood clearly what was about to happen. You made us laugh. You allowed a gang of relatives invade your ER to come together as a family.

To the nurses, each and every one of you who worked on Mom you did so with such compassion as if she was your Mother. You touched her gently when you had to treat her. You included us and informed us as to what you were doing and also described why and what it should do. You gave us space to begin our grieving process.

We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter in this world and we witnessed all this on Friday January 23, 2015
Hotel Dieu Hospital has real angels working in their ER.
The Family of Bernadette Wilson