"I always felt safe, even when the worst happened."

I was admitted to IRH at the end of last year for an emergency appendectomy. Mr Hannay did my surgery and his whole team were amazing. I have a heart condition which meant I was not put on a ward but in HDU where I could be monitored closely. I stayed on HDU for a few more days until I took very unwell and was moved to ICU and put on a ventilator. My family were told they may lose me.

But I survived, I was transferred to Golden Jubilee as with all the infection etc I now had heart failure. I wanted to thank the whole HDU staff and ICU especially Mr Hannay, Dr Staber, Dr Husain my cardiologist and Sarah-Anne my device nurse and every single nurse that looked after me. I always felt safe, even when the worst happened and I really was scared with my breathing, they were there holding my hand and getting me through it. I'll never be able to repay the staff for saving my life.

I also want to thank all the nurses on behalf of my family, I had a busy relatives room the night I was put on ventilator and everyone was patient and understanding with them all. Thank you all for everything. I'm sorry I cannot name you all but special shout out to Kelly-Anne, Anne, Nicola and Nicola. Thank you for going above and beyond with me. I still have care at IRH with Sheila, my heart failure nurse, and attend a clinic at Jubilee too. I was very well looked after.