Nurses in Cowichan District Hospital’s emergency room break out in grins after heart transplant recipient Mike Bro presented them with a giant tub of popcorn Monday. The gesture is a simple thank you aimed at giving healthcare professionals that often see the tragic side of organ donation a chance to mingle with the patients whose lives were saved through organ donation. Photograph by: [Kevin Rothbauer/Citizen]
Salivating nurses used all forms of self-control Monday when presented with a giant tub of popcorn from a grateful patient.
“Thank you!” They said with big grins.
Joined by his girlfriend Jan Nelson and daughter Alecsa, heart transplant recipient Mike Bro presented staff in Cowichan District Hospital’s administration offices, intensive care unit, emergency department and operating rooms.
Bro is among 107 volunteers — recipients, living donors and donor families — who delivered 97 tins of popcorn to medical staff across B.C. and the Yukon as a thank you for caring for them through what is often the most difficult period of their lives.
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