An Act of Kindness

In reviewing our past blogs we failed to mention the most gracious act of kindness we received the night we brought Chloe into the pediatric emergency room at NYP - Cornell. When we arrived to the triage area there was one mother ahead of us carrying her sick child. The mother, seeing the distress that Chloe was in, offered us her child's place in line so that we may be seen. She simply stated, "your baby is in pain, go ahead of us." The triage nurse called for the next patient and this mother told the nurse to take Chloe ahead of her child. After two hours of the ER team working on Chloe and now heading toward CT, Michelle saw that this mother was only now being taken in for her child to be examined. A simple nod of the head and silent whisper of thank you was exchanged. She returned the nod and understood. To that gracious mother, we offer you many, many thanks and wish nothing but the very best for you and your family. That act of kindness cannot be repaid because you were a stranger before you met us. The only way we know of repaying that act of kindness is to pay it forward and be as generous and kind to people we know as well as to strangers we encounter in our daily life.