03/10/2025
𝐌𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐚 𝐏. 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲. This is what she has to say about her care under SUMC.
“𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲. This is very true, and I commend the Doctors, Nurses, Aides, and Staff of the OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SUMC for an admirable way of handling me during my pregnancy journey. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞. From the very beginning, the hospital staff became more than just caregivers —they became my support system, as they helped and guided me. 𝐊𝐮𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬, 𝐧𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧. Every doctor who walked into my room made me feel heard, respected, and informed. They explained every procedure with patience and helped ease my fears. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐧.
I'm thankful for the hospital that gave me a safe space to bring my child into the world. I'm thankful for the doctors, nurses, aides, and staff who never left my side from prenatal checks until delivery. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲.”
