Editor,
My granddaughter had an emergency medical episode over the weekend, necessitating a trip to the Eureka Springs Hospital emergency room. I cannot express strongly enough how fortunate I feel to have such thoughtful, caring individuals taking care of our community. Because I did not get everyone’s names, I will not name anyone we encountered during the process. But from the moment they brought her into the back to get her vital information, to get her vital signs, and to the doctor who spent a lot of time with her, asking questions to elicit important information about her problem, I felt surrounded by caring, friendly professionals. The doctor spent enough time with her to realize the severity of her symptoms and went the extra mile to find a local eye doctor willing to see her on a Saturday. This specialist and his wife met us at his office, where he spent a long time examining her while his wife called around to find us a 24-hour pharmacy where she could get the vital medicine she needed to begin the aggressive treatment immediately. He even wanted her to call him again on Sunday morning to let him know how she was doing and to determine whether she should come in then or could wait till Monday for a follow-up.
Far too often these people who serve our community so valiantly are taken for granted. While I hope my granddaughter will never experience this again, I am comforted to know that there are people like those we encountered who will be there for us in this wonderful little town.
Wanda Nyberg