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Today I am really missing my lovely grandma. Born Jenny Epstein, she was only ever known to me as Grandma Jean ("GJ"). She was 94, the most fearless woman I have ever known, and one of my best friends. She died on Jan 2nd, which would& #39;ve been her 70th wedding anniversary.
She went into @BarnetED on Xmas Eve with pneumonia. They were AMAZING. I don& #39;t think for a second this was because I used to be their reg, it& #39;s because they& #39;re bloody good at looking after sick older people, and remain some of the kindest NHS folk I& #39;ve ever encountered.
It can& #39;t be easy to tell your own colleague and friend that things are irretrievably dire, even though I knew when I walked into Resus. I am so grateful I was surrounded by such wonderful people to hold me up when I felt like my world was collapsing.
The medical reg and consultant were ABOVE-AND-BEYOND kind. The second they found out GJ was an observant Jew they made sure she was seen alive by enough of the on-call team so that if she died on xmas day she could have a certificate issued quickly.
They both offered to give me their personal phone numbers in case the on-call was too busy and said they would come in to do it themselves if required. I can barely even think about this without tearing up from how overwhelmingly kind a gesture it was.
Nevertheless, GJ refused to go. Not before she& #39;d had a good sleep on her syringe drivers. She then woke up enough over the following days to smile at us all and blow kisses. She let me give her a little bit of water and I spent hours by her bedside wishing I had more time...
The nurses were wonderful. So kind and caring to all of us, not just Grandma. I saw two other med regs and a FY1 in the time I was in, all of them went above and beyond to help ( @zackferguson being one, my grandma would have LOVED you I can tell you this for free 
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The point I& #39;m trying to make here is that even when everything is absolutely going to sh*t, there really is *always* something you can do. Being kind really does trump everything. GJ always said you can& #39;t teach #kindness, and I think she was right. Thank you #NHSfamily
Oh, I can& #39;t believe I forgot to mention @Doctorchr1s and @ChowdryLoraine by name in this. What superstars! And everyone else on Twitter whose handles I don& #39;t know, please pass it on!
