7E

The staff on 7E is remarkable. Their technical training is, of course, top notch, but it's their attitude about their work that is so touching: they stay very busy, often working twelve hour shifts, but their kindness and caring and cheerful demeanor are constant.

One of our nurses, Jessica Thomas (who is so precious we wish we could pack her up and take her with us) was telling me that they sometimes become quite attached to their patients, many of whom spend an extended period of time on 7E. She told me about one young woman, a twenty-eight year old named Katy, who spent several months on this floor. While she was here, Katy's boyfriend asked her to marry him, and the staff, with her doctor's permission, gave her a wedding.

They had a bridal shower for her, and got her a wedding gown and veil. On her wedding day, they rolled her in a wheelchair down to the little chapel on the second floor. It was filled with people, and the bride, the groom, the minister who married them, and the entire congregation all wore masks. They took lots of photographs, and Jessica said that it was a beautiful service.