"Looked after him as if he was their own"

My father in law was admitted to the Borders General becoming frailer with advanced cancer after very quickly being assessed in AAU it was apparent that his disease was progressing. The compassion and care shown to him, my mother in law and my husband by the medical and nursing staff was exemplary despite the extremely busy environment. The bed manager Jane very promptly had us all transferred to the Margaret Kerr Unit, for which we were so grateful.   It’s hard to find the right words to describe the care in the MKU. It became our home for the next few weeks.  The staff became like friends, nothing ever too much trouble. They took time to find out all about my Father in law and looked after him as if he was their own we will be ever in their debt. Knowing a loved one is safe and comfortable at the end of their journey is the wish of anyone with a terminal illness and in the hands of Annabel, Becky, Lisa, Heather, Paul, Kevin, Jenny, Susan and everyone else that was the case.  Working in the NHS isn’t easy and as a fellow employee it made me so proud of the BGH, thank you also for caring for me. The twiddlemuff that my father in law was given is now safe under his granddaughters pillow.