As the toddler fought for her life, a grieving mother was astounded by how her daughter was treated.

The mother took a photo as the nurse was trying to remain unnoticed. Unable to keep quiet, she sent the staff a note explaining what she had seen and sharing the image.

When Sophia Skiles, the Skiles’ two-year-old daughter, started feeling unwell, Shelby and Jonathan assumed she was just suffering from allergies.

But when Sophie stopped breathing one night, everything in their lives turned upside down. Following the ambulance

that was taking their daughter to the hospital, Shelby and Jonathan learned the news that no parent wants to hear.

A softball-sized tumor was found in Sophie’s chest by the medical professionals. When the little girl received her T-cell lymphoma diagnosis,

she found herself in the fight of her life. Sadly, rigorous treatment was unable to halt the spread of her cancer.

Instead, Sophie’s ability to walk, communicate, use her hands, and eat was affected by the therapies. A stem cell transplant was necessary due to her frail body.

Shelby spent many hours by her daughter’s side in the hospital while Sophie struggled for her life; all she cared about was Sophie and how she was being treated.

Shelby was observing the nurse from her seat on the couch in Sophie’s room as she struggled to escape Shelby’s attention.

Shelby took a picture with the nurse’s back to her and shared it on social media. Shelby wrote, ‘I see you,’ as she described everything she had seen while her daughter was in her custody.

When she sees you and sobs, I notice that your face droops a little. You make numerous attempts to allay her concerns and win her over.

You appear hesitant to stab her or remove Band-Aids. You say ‘No thanks’ and ‘I’m sorry’ more frequently in a day than the majority of people do,’ Shelby composed. But Shelby saw more than that.

While their phones rang from another room down the hall, Shelby saw nurses carrying armloads of medications and supplies into the room of one child.

In an effort to provide sick children with warmth and comfort, she observed them straining to keep quiet at night

and stroking their tiny bald heads. Shelby observed them holding wailing babies and mothers who were by themselves.

Shelby wanted the nurses to know that she saw them even if they had to put their own lives on hold for a full 12-hour shift to care for critically ill and occasionally dying youngsters.

Even though Sophie wasn’t their patient, she noticed them as they arrived to check on Sophie. She also witnessed them making all the calls required to get Sophie whatever she needed.

You keep an eye on me just as frequently as you do her. Shelby acknowledged what the staff did for her in her letter,

‘You sit and listen to me ramble for 10 minutes even if your phone is vibrating and your to-do list is a mile long.’

Shelby observed their efforts to improve everyone’s stay at each location. Shelby witnessed everything,

from the new kid’s window being painted with the ideal cartoon figure to the parents cheering wildly as their youngster ran laps around the nurse’s station and even played with Nerf guns.

I observe you holding small hands, changing soiled sheets, translating medical terminology for parents, and wiping your eyes as you exit a particularly trying space.

Shelby said, ‘I see you put on gloves, masks, and a gown then pause before you hang an IV bag of deadly chemo for my kid.’ I can see you. Everyone can see you.

No number of gift baskets or cards can adequately convey how much we appreciate you. Every day, you are Jesus to us.

Without you, our kids wouldn’t get what they need. Without you, mothers like me wouldn’t feel sane or heard.

She continued by signing the message, ‘A mom that sees all you do and loves you passionately for it,’ and added, ‘You save our babies and we couldn’t do this without you.

Shelby’s sincere words touched not only the nurses she made the post for but also other parents who shared her experiences and understood how crucial the nurses are to the pediatric unit.

Due to the fact that they experience the worst moments of a parent’s life repeatedly every day, their jobs are incredibly challenging.

They change countless lives as healers, helpers, playmates, storytellers, counselors, and comforters, providing care not just for their tiny patients but also for their entire family.

They voluntarily enter a conflict that the majority of us hope to avoid. And they continue to do it for one family after another every day.

Children come to mind when we think of running, playing, jumping, and giggling. We see them happy and in good health.

Is there anything worse than contemplating a youngster in hospice care or someone with cancer? Pediatric nurses enter that nightmare with the intention of helping children and their families.

They ought to be recognized for the valiant fighters they are. So, as a homage to all nurses, please know that you are not alone.