March 2019
Megan
DiFranco
,
BSN, RN
ICU
Cleveland Clinic Marymount Hospital
Garfield Heights
,
OH
United States
Megan went above and beyond in her care for my husband. He became terminal halfway into his 3-week stay. She went all out to make him comfortable and kept us well informed as to what was happening to him. Megan always made time no matter what to keep us updated and to help interpret the numbers on the monitors and what the IVs were for. As visitors she always did her best to make us comfortable in the room and while we were sleeping in the waiting room. On his last day in the ICU, when he was taken off the ventilator and he was holding onto life longer than he was expected to, he expressed his wish to return home. Megan expedited the Hospice care for home and stayed past her shift to oversee his departure to home. That day I whispered to my husband right before he was removed from the ventilator to send me a rainbow as a sign that he was alright. It was raining softly outside and while my son was waiting in the parking lot for the ambulance to take him home, a beautiful rainbow appeared above the hospital. To our family, Megan is a beautiful rainbow. Her thoughtfulness and caring ways will always be remembered in our hearts. We always felt he was safe when in her care. He passed away at home with all his family around him.