Dr. Bobbie Bear

One of the best Patient Care Associates at this hospital is named Bobbie. I have had the chance to get to know her over the last 6 weeks and she is wonderful and sweet. She is a mother and grandmother and she takes care of me as well as my kids when they are here.
Last week she started letting Kennedi practice taking her temperature orally when I got my vitals taken. Both kids love to get their vitals now and almost always get their pulse and oxygen levels after I do.
Well, last friday, the 12th, Kennedi had a fever and we were stuck at the hospital not knowing what to do. We didn't have medicine here or a way to check her temperature. And who do you think walked in for the evening shift...Bobbie! She was an angel. She took Kennedi's temperature and it was just under 100 degrees. We told her we didn't have any children's Tylenol and she offered to go get some for us. The pharmacy won't sell it to anyone but hospital staff. So off she went and came back with two different bottles. She wouldn't let us repay her either. Then she said she'd be back in an hour to see how things were going.
Kennedi's temp had gone up slightly after an hour, but she was looking better and was not as upset. Bobbie said she knew just the thing to make her feel better and was off again. When she came back there was something hidden under her nurses jacket. She walked over to Kennedi and pulled out a stuffed bear complete with embroidered St. John's Mercy doctor's jacket. Kennedi's face lit up! Bobbie told her that she needed to name Dr. Bear and keep it with her over night and she would feel so much better in the morning! It was so sweet!
Well, Kennedi did name the bear, Dr. Bobbie Bear, and she has slept with it every night since. The fever only lasted a couple of days with no other symptoms. We were very thankful for that and that God made sure Bobbie was taking care of us that night. We wouldn't have made it through so well without her.