Perfect Moment Mondays

I have a Perfect Moment that I would like to share this Monday. This "Perfect Moment" occurred during our weekly work team meeting. I am a Pediatric nurse care manager and I am on a team of ten nurses taking care of patients who range in age from premature babies to young adults. We care for patients with a variety of diagnoses; Asthma, Cancer, Cerebral Palsy, Heart Defect, and Diabetes among others. We provide education, support, and resources to families all over the United States and it is done all via telephone and internet. It is a unique and challenging job and one that I love. Well, onto my transcendent moment...

A nurse colleague has a patient, a young adult who has recovered from a rare and potentially life threatening form of Cancer. This teen was preparing to go to college this fall near his home in the Midwestern U.S. After receiving the patient and family's permission, my colleague contacted Make A Wish, a wish granting charity for children in the USA. He was encouraged by Make a Wish to "Dream Big". He considered a exotic trip as a possibility and listed it, but he also listed his true wish, the chance to attend college in a state where he could snowboard. My teammate was crying (as we all started to do) when she told us that Make A Wish had made arrangements for this young man to get a four year scholarship to a college in Colorado. It brings tears of joy to my eyes right now for this young man and his family whom I've never met, and also pride in the nurse I work with and the good work we do everyday for our patients and families. It truly is a privilege.

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