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Jun. 7th, 2007 09:29 amWhatever caused the migraine last night that carried through this morning can just go the heck away. Ugggh. I haven't felt that way in a long time - not since the last blood pressure headache from hell that woke me up a couple of years ago.
I saw the most amazing thing yesterday at work. I was getting on the elevator to go over to another building to pick up a reagent. As we were waiting (it was the 5 pm elevator rush, so the elevators were slow), I was joined by a woman and her child --- not entirely odd since some people do bring there kids to work, but the girl (probably early teens) was wearing a hospital face mask and incredibly thin - but she was fairly active. This is odd because while our lab is in the one of the Children's Hospital buidlings, our building is entirely research laboratories and no patients.
Then we were joined by someone from the executive offices who recognized them and commented on how much the nurses like it when they are "nominated" (probably for employee appreciation or something). The mom started going on about how much the nurse had helped her daughter and then revealed that the daughter had had a lung transplant THE WEEK BEFORE.
We were all floored because although the girl was WAY too thin, she didn't look sick at all and was obviously full of energy. It was just wow. Not to mention, knowing a few adults that have had open heart surgery, i couldn't believe she was moving around without any pain and all that. I think it's one of the most inspiring sites that I've ever seen and something that will probably stay with me for life.
I saw the most amazing thing yesterday at work. I was getting on the elevator to go over to another building to pick up a reagent. As we were waiting (it was the 5 pm elevator rush, so the elevators were slow), I was joined by a woman and her child --- not entirely odd since some people do bring there kids to work, but the girl (probably early teens) was wearing a hospital face mask and incredibly thin - but she was fairly active. This is odd because while our lab is in the one of the Children's Hospital buidlings, our building is entirely research laboratories and no patients.
Then we were joined by someone from the executive offices who recognized them and commented on how much the nurses like it when they are "nominated" (probably for employee appreciation or something). The mom started going on about how much the nurse had helped her daughter and then revealed that the daughter had had a lung transplant THE WEEK BEFORE.
We were all floored because although the girl was WAY too thin, she didn't look sick at all and was obviously full of energy. It was just wow. Not to mention, knowing a few adults that have had open heart surgery, i couldn't believe she was moving around without any pain and all that. I think it's one of the most inspiring sites that I've ever seen and something that will probably stay with me for life.
