Caregivers put Catholic values in action while caring for grieving family [CNA]

[CNA_News]

Gilbert, Ariz., May 16, 2010 / 01:17 pm (CNA).- Melissa Moron thought she was going in for a routine obstetrics exam last month, but the visit turned out to be anything but normal. She was 18 weeks pregnant. Her physician, Dr. Clint Leonard, told her the unborn baby she was carrying no longer had a heartbeat and that she needed to report to Mercy Gilbert Hospital.

Melissa and her husband Jesse, parents of eight children, drove to the hospital, thinking that they would likely be treated the same way they had years ago when Melissa had a miscarriage – with a lack of respect for the human dignity of their unborn child.

Instead, they say what they experienced at Mercy Gilbert was an outpouring of compassion, concern and reverence for human life. The couple wrote a letter to the hospital commending the staff for the care they received during Melissa’s stay.

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[Rence]

That was very warm and sweet. That’s how it should be. When I am a grown nurse, that’s how I want to be for a patient and her family in need.

 

[Marysann]

I had a miscarriage 30 years ago, and that was not how we were treated. I am so glad that the times are changing, and that grieving families are given respect, and that the remains of their child are being treated with dignity. Praise the Lord!