1. A car pulled up me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the . They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, gave me his business card.
2. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car, attached cables, and started my car. They would accept no payment, so when I got home, I wrote them a to say thanks.
人间天使
One Determined Angel
多萝西／Dorothy
She looked so fragile and helpless. I was told she didn’t even speak English. Olga and her f***ly had come from Puerto Rico to receive the expert medical care that was unavailable in her own country.
I was working in the intensive care unit of our local children’s hospital, as one of Olga’s nurses. I couldn’t help but think how frightened this little girl must feel with all those scary tubes, machines and monitors around her. When she opened her eyes, she was incredibly beautiful and smiling back at me with big brown eyes.
When her mother arrived early the next morning, she said to me, “My husband must return to Puerto Rico. He needs to go back to work. I’ll stay here, near Olga, with her sister and brother, so she can get the medical help she needs to stay alive.” As we talked, I discovered that Olga’s mother was the only one in her household who spoke English.
The f***ly had been staying at the Ronald McDonald House but would soon need to move into more permanent housing. Since they didn’t have anyone else to help them set up housekeeping, I volunteered.
As I attempted to help get an apartment for Olga’s f***ly. I was told, “It’s impossible. The child’s mother isn’t working, and her father doesn’t even live in this country.”