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To whom it may concern:
Fifteen years ago, I walked through the door of Children’s Hospital Boston. I wasn’t the patient, my sister was. She was diagnosed with leukemia, and at that moment I was the lost little kid sister, feeling very scared. The nurse I met, Julie, changed that for me. She promised I would grow up and be OK, and even wrote and illustrated a story about my experience.
Fast-forward to this summer, when I found myself back at Children’s, this time with my 3-month-old daughter, Jordan, who had a fever. Sick to our stomachs with worry, my husband and I met with Alyssa Abo, MD. As soon as she walked through the door, I picked up on her amazing interpersonal skills. She used appropriate humor to calm a first-time mother, all the while staying intently focused on assessing my daughter. She took control of my anxiety and made me feel calm and trusting, a feeling that slowly started to feel familiar from many years ago when my sister was sick.
Dr. Abo was an extremely efficient educator who explained the pros and cons of every option running through her head. I smiled, as I knew I had won the lottery of emergency room doctors that night! I left feeling that we were Dr. Abo’s only patient. I know there’s nothing special about our family; I truly believe that Dr. Abo went into medicine because it’s what she was put on this earth to do. We feel incredibly lucky to have found a hospital that treats a family twice with such exceptional care.
Sincerely,
Jodi, Jordan and Dave Pas |
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