Highly impressed and very touched

Wow ... I am blown away. I got off work and was on my way to visit Amy when my phone rings. I didn't recognize the number, which is a good sign that I usually won't answer, but for some reason I did. When I answer the phone a familiar voice was on the other side. My doctor.

Ever since my long standing family doctor retired about 8 years ago I never settled with a doctor until I had Liam. And I found Susan Hester. She is a Nurse Practitioner at UAP who works under Dr Eplin. I have always felt more comfortable with a female doctor so I tried her out and instantly felt comfortable with her. Over the past almost three years I have grown to trust her completely and truly enjoy her company. I always feel like she truly cares what happens to not only me but my family. I always get in right away, never feel rushed and am always taken care of.

Even knowing all this I was so completely touched that she called me this evening. Since my OBGYN is technically a UAP doctor, they all share a computer system. I had called Susan when I found out I was pregnant to see if I needed to switch my blood pressure medicine, which they did and she called me the next day because she knew we had not only not tried for the pregnancy, we actually tried not to. After that my only communication I had was with Dr. Coutinho's office. But apparently she kept up on it because after I miscarried, which they obviously put in their system, she calls me tonight to check up and see how I'm doing. Now she looked in the system and saw that my levels were so low that I didn't have to have a DNC, so it's not like she was calling me to tell me I need to schedule something. She simply called to let me know she was thinking about me, ask how I was doing and asked if I needed anything. This woman see's probably upwards of a hundred people a day, works long crazy hours and at the end of the day on a Friday nonetheless, she herself called me to extend her compassion. I love this woman.

It's so nice to know that there are still people in the medical field who are in it for the patients. This woman has always gone above and beyond the call of duty. When you sit down to talk to her you feel like you're having coffee with one of your girlfriends. I have more respect for her than any physician I have ever met. I feel so fortunate to have found such a lovely doctor and I'm thankful that there are still loving, caring, selfless people out there like her. It makes you realize the world is still a happy wonderful place.