My mother has a blood disorder that now requires frequent treatments and subsequent platelet and blood transfusions.  The treatments generally run a week in total and may require platelet and blood transfusion with overnight stays in addition to the treatments.  My mother is 89 years old.  She was growing very tired and weak from the blood disorder and the treatments.  Her fatigue was such that she had almost no energy, and her will to fight forward was a struggle.  My mother had 2 stays at the hospital overnight in a span of 2 weeks for platelet and blood transfusions.  She received the blood transfusions and platelets in the pediatric unit as beds were at a premium.  Each time, she was taken care of by nurse Trudy McKenna.  Nurse Trudy took such exceptional care of my mother and worked on making my mother comfortable every minute while in her care.  She boosted my mother’s frame of mind.  Made her happy, and she laughed and smiled again.  My mother was reading between the lines and felt that the doctors had really no hope for her because despite the superior care, she was back to square one with a very low platelet count and exhausted.  After the most recent consecutive stays for transfusions and platelets, my mother came home determined to work her way back. 

My mother cited Nurse Trudy's unbelievable care and compassion.  She felt renewed.  My mother agreed to visit a pain specialist and started a very active in-home PT therapy routine with as many as three visits per week.  Her turnaround is magnificent.  My mother is up and about each and every day.  She sleeps through the night.  Takes our dog outside.  Sweeps the floors.  Does her own laundry.  My mother was staying in bed, with nearly constant shouts of pain before this reversal.  She loves life once again.  Thank you, Nurse Trudy.  No spoken thanks or written words could ever express what your magical touch meant.