Medical care left nothing wanting

Recently, my family had a wonderful opportunity. Some people may not understand why I describe it as an opportunity, but read on: 
My 13-year-old son was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. The attitude of opportunity is because of the local doctors and nurses that we spent the entire weekend with. As residents of the Charlottesville area, we always hear how fortunate we are to live in a community with such great medical facilities and great doctors, but until you experience it firsthand, you never realize just how true that statement is.

Late on a Friday afternoon when schedules are busy and everyone wants to start their weekend, Dr. Kevin Sweeney made it a priority to work my son into his day. In minutes, he made my son’s diagnosis and lined up a hospital admission, a specialized doctor to visit us in the hospital and weekend care of a general practitioner.
We were sent to Martha Jefferson Hospital; there we were blessed with a team of wonderful nurses who spent the weekend educating my family and making sure we felt well equipped to manage this new disease. I wish I could remember all of their names. Suffice to say, the nursing staff was top-notch, and I consider them angels that watched over us all weekend.

The wonderful nutritionist who spent hours with our family, Carin Bryant, is to be commended as well.
Dr. David Brown made numerous visits to my son throughout the weekend.

Most of all, I must thank Dr. Christopher Zitnay for his time and expertise. The personal experiences that he was able to share with my son made all the difference as to how this young man would begin handling this disease.
Dr. Zitnay spent countless hours with our family. He was thorough in his explanations and even understood how I felt as a mother of a son now diagnosed with a disease that he would have for the rest of his life. I cannot thank Dr. Zitnay enough for his professionalism, but most of all for the love and care that he showed us.
All of these people made this experience an opportunity, not the frightening experience it could have been. Because of their treatment, our family will be healthier and will be able to navigate through this new diagnosis.

Be thankful you live in a community that has such wonderful people.