Lynn Balmer and Karen Oxler, CNO
June 2013
Lynn
Balmer
,
RN
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Lancaster General Health
Lancaster
,
PA
United States

 

 

 

When my now 4 year old daughter was in the NICU for one month, Lynn took such good care of her and me too! I was so afraid even to hold my tiny preemie...but she reassured me that she has never seen a preemie hurt by the touch of their mother...she encouraged me to hold her and to get some rest before the baby came home. She explained everything to me...including the history of caring for preemies, even drew me diagrams of internal health issues so I could really understand. I felt so safe in her care and encouraged that we would both be okay. I am so glad that she took my daughters footprints at her birth and signed her name on them so I will never forget her! And I am so glad that such a wonderful nurse touched our lives. We truly felt as if we were touched by an angel!