January 2025
Rachel K
Geiger
,
RN
L & D
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco
,
CA
United States
I am thankful for the calm you exhibited when I was in the darkest place in the brightest room.
My last time speaking to her, the only words I could mutter and choke out were "I am so thankful for you". But I couldn't tell her what I was truly thankful for. I am thankful that you have given me the chance to watch my children grow up, to have snow days, or pretend snow days. To let me hold my two sons together from birth to that dreaded last hug, we don't know the date of. I am thankful that you care so much about your job and patients that you paid more attention than you probably should have and noticed my baby's health plummeting. I am thankful for your skill and training. You were the only one to get a life-saving IV in me when my body was in shock and convulsing, resulting in at least one saved life. I am thankful for the calm you exhibited when I was in the darkest place in the brightest room. I hope you know that I am truly thankful to you.