SHIRLEY MCLAINE?

TODAY, I SAW A SIDE OF ME THAT HAS BEEN LONG BURIED, (I THINK). BOBBIE JO NEEDED SOME HELP AND IT WAS NOT COMING. SHE NEEDED SOME MEDICINE TO MAKE HER MORE COMFORTABLE, AND WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY, THE NURSE COULD NOT COME IN TO SEE TO IT. A DOCTOR CAME IN, AND AFTER HAVING TOLD HIM THE PROBLEM, HE SAID HE WOULD ORDER THE MEDICINE. AN HOUR PASSED AND NO MEDICINE. I CALLED THE NURSE, AND SHE SAID SHE WAS WAITING FOR DOCTORS ORDERS. I TOLD HER WHAT THE DOCTOR HAD SAID, AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD LOOK INTO IT. ANOTHER HOUR HAD GONE BY AND BY NOW BOBBIE WAS IN TEARS. I POLITELY ONCE AGAIN, ASKED THE NURSE ABOUT THE MEDICINE. SHE SAID, GIVE ME A MOMENT. THEN, I SAW THAT THE DOCTOR WHO WAS THE LEAD DOC OF ALL THE TEAMS WORKING ON BOBBIE WAS WALKING ONTO THE FLOOR WITH AN ARMLOAD OF CHARTS, PAPERS AND OTHER STUFF, PREPARING TO SIT AND GET TO WORK. BEFORE HE COULD PULL OUT THE CHAIR, I RAN (SORT OF) AND GRABBED HIM BY THE ARM. HE WAS SO STARTLED! I SAID, "WHOA BUDDY, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, MY DAUGHTER NEEDS SOME HELP AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHERE OR WHEN TO GIVE HER THE MEDICINE SHE NEEDS. SHE IS CRYING AND IN SO MUCH PAIN, AND I WANT YOU TO GO TELL THAT NURSE TO GIVE MY DAUGHTER HER MEDICINE! RIGHT NOW! THAT NURSE OVER THERE! " HIS EYES WERE HUGE, AND HE LOOKED AT THE NURSE, AND THEN AT ME. I SAID, "YEAH HER. NOW GO!" I THEN WALKED BACK INTO THE ROOM, AND TOLD BOBBIE JO, "I THINK I JUST PULLED A SHIRLEY MCLAINE" (YOU KNOW FROM THAT MOVIE WHERE HER DAUGHTER HAD CANCER AND SHE SCREAMED AT THE NURSES TO GIVE MY DAUGHTER THE SHOT!) ANYWAY, THE NURSE CAME RIGHT IN AND HAD THE MEDICINE IN HAND. SHE LOOKED AT ME KIND OF WARILY AND SAID, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM?" I TOLD HER WHAT I HAD SAID, AND SHE LAUGHED AND SAID, "I DON'T THINK HE WILL RECOVER FOR SOME TIME". NONE THE LESS, THE MEDICINE WAS GIVEN, AND BOBBIE WAS ABLE TO REST. LATER, SHE FELT SO MUCH BETTER, WE WENT DOWN TO THE CAFETERIA FOR SOME LUNCH! HER HAIR CONTINUES TO FALL OUT, AND PEANUT GAVE HER THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HAT FROM WHEN SHE WENT TO LAS VEGAS ON A TRIP FOR WORK. I FOUND ONE WITH EEYORE ON IT AND IT SAYS, "I AM SMILING!" I HAVE BID ON IT ON EBAY. BOBBIE JO LOVES EEYORE. DEAR SISTER HANKS MADE A HUGE PLATE OF COOKIES FOR BOBBIE, CRANBERRY, OATMEAL AND WHITE CHOCOLATE. I HOPE I CAN GET THEM TO BOBBIE BEFORE THEY DISSAPEAR! THE LADIES FROM CHURCH HAVE HELPED ME ALL WEEK BY DRIVING ME THE 37 MILES TO THE HOSPITAL AND BACK EACH DAY. WE HAVE TO LEAVE AT 6 AM! EACH DAY, I FIND A LOVING SMILING FACE WAITING TO TAKE ME. IT IS SO SWEET OF THEM, AND CERTAINLY AN EXAMPLE OF THE LOVE THAT I HAVE KNOWN FROM MY DEAR CHURCH SISTERS. I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THEM. WELL, MORE TOMORROW, OH, AND THE FURNITURE ARRIVES TOMORROW AS WELL! LOVE, NANASEE