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Originally Posted by URY914
Nurses do what they can and there are not enough volunteers to hold sick babies and read books to 3 year olds.
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FB II was hospitalized at 10 mos with a badly managed ear infection. I visited mornings and evenings while the Mama stayed with him full time. He was in the childrens wing for 14 days and the nurses were angels, but way understaffed. There was a boy, maybe a year old in the room next to us and I never saw his parents there. One day I'm with my fam and the crying from the next room just broke my heart. I checked and the poor little guy was standing in his crib covered in tears and snot. I watched two nurses just walk by but I knew they probably had to keep emotional blinders on. So, I stopped one and asked "if you can't help that boy let me scrub up and I'll go in "(the kids were isolated from one another).
Let me tell you I never saw a heart break as quickly and totally as when she finally "saw" the boy. She went in, cleaned him up, cuddled the boy until DYFS contacted the parents and got them in there. Some day I'll tell you guys about the Christmas miracle we experienced there during that stay.