2 colleagues and level 3 students…

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… visited me on my last day at the hospital. Last Monday and Tuesday were the preparation of the amphitheater at the third floor of the hospital for the summative evaluation, an event I so expected to be present but was not able to because I was confined. I had to inform once again my level coordinator that I cannot attend because I was due for discharge in the afternoon of March 10th. Then at 10AM, two came; Mr. AR, the male colleague who gave me a bottle of red wine last Christmas, and Ms. AGPR, a female colleague who is a pediatric nurse. They stayed with me for 30 minutes then left because Ms. AGPR was on duty still at the delivery room handling midwifery students. My son went out to surf the net with his phone, then I heard soft taps on the door. When I said “come in”, almost all level 3 students entered. They asked how I was, and I told them I will be home in that afternoon. We had some chit-chats about their activities, while some uttered they miss me. I reminded them what I told them when they were still in 2nd year. “Remember what I told you? I will let you graduate, just like the seniors now, and 2 more before them; I will be your CI until you graduate”. Suddenly, there was silence inside the room. Several of them got misty-eyed and a male student shed tears. I told them not to cry because I will be back as their CI next semester, “and prepare for the worse because I will be stricter”. They sobbed then they smiled; then they laughed. They stayed in the room for 45 minutes until one student said they must leave to give me time to rest. “Get well soon, Ma’am”, they all said. Before they left, we had a groupie (is this the plural of selfie?). That is one moment I will never forget in my entire life. How about you my friends, how are you appreciated by the people around you?