October 2016
Heidi
Sobkowiak
,
RN
Behavioral Health
OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Ottawa
,
IL
United States

 

 

 

"Heidi has been my nurse for two days now. I trust her with my medicine. She will not poison it. She opens the pill wrappers in front of me to show me there is no contamination. She also brings me my orange Gatorade every time so I can take it with my medicine. I believe the Gatorade takes the poison and toxins out of the medicine. I don't know whether Heidi believes that is true or not, but she doesn't argue with me. She faithfully brings it to me every time it is time for me to take medicine, which is three times a day.
Well yesterday, she gave my afternoon dose of medicine and gave me a cup of water with it. I took it without thinking because I was just waking up from a nap. My stomach and insides started to feel funny. It was about 10 minutes after taking the medicine with water that I realized I was getting sick from not taking it with Gatorade. I immediately went to Heidi and told her how I was feeling. She said that I could drink some Gatorade. She went and got it out of the refrigerator and gave it to me. She let me drink the whole rest of the bottle. I was so glad that Heidi was so nice and understanding. I believe she went above and beyond what she needed to do. I started to feel better after drinking the Gatorade.
I am thankful that Heidi was there for me. Heidi is an excellent nurse and I trust her, which I don't most people."