In the past few months, health professionals have been at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19 and our last line of defense against the pandemic. Doctors, nurses, and other medical workers have invested a lot of their time and effort into saving lives and the long struggle against the novel coronavirus has forced them to spend time away from their families and loved ones.
Suzanne, a mother of two, did not hesitate to devote most of her time to fighting the coronavirus at the hospital
Just like countless medical professionals across the globe, Suzanne Vaughan, a native of Norfolk, England, was determined to save lives and make a difference in the struggle against coronavirus and worked up to 50 hours per week to help with the situation.
Suzanne, an operating department practitioner at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kings Lynn, is a mother of two little girls, Bella and Hettie.
While her sister watched over her kids, Suzanne went above and beyond helping COVID-19 patients
Suzanne’s regular job is to look after patients during their recovery treatment but the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. During the height of the pandemic, Suzanne worked day and night in the ICU and the COVID-19 A&E.
She had to make a tough choice and leave her kids at home with her sister, while she fought for patients’ lives at the hospital.
“I brought them to my sister’s home because I wanted to keep them safe, because I work at the hospital and was exposing myself to the virus each day,” Suzanne told the media. “But I also wanted to work more, and I couldn’t do more hours and keep the girls.”
“It was a tough decision”
While the decision to leave her kids behind at home was tough, Suzanne said it was a sacrifice that needed to be made. She had no doubts about doing her part in fighting the epidemic and every medical worker was able to make a difference.
“But so many others have made the same sacrifices because we want to help people and fight this virus. It was something I needed to do — I started doing this job over 20 years ago because I wanted to help people.”
Being separated from her family for a long time made Suzanne feel lonely
Suzanne spent the next nine weeks working in the ICU and COVID-19 accidents department. She normally works 28 hours a week but she offered herself to work 50 hours a week to help the NHS’ efforts in combating the coronavirus.
However, the single mom missed her two girls and felt lonely.
“It was difficult the first few weeks, because I’d come home from work and they wouldn’t be there,” she explained. “It was dead quiet, no one running about or screaming or laughing, it was horrible. I don’t know what to do without them singing and dancing.”
Suzanne planed a surprise reunion with her two daughters
“By the end I had a countdown to when I’d be seeing my girls again, and it was really the one thing keeping me going,” Suzanne explained. She had planned to surprise her two girls and bring them back home a week before the surprise but had decided to keep it a secret in case anything changed.
Unable to hide her feelings during the long due reunion with Bella and Hettie, Suzanne later described she didn’t want to let them go. The heartwarming reunion was caught on camera and shows Suzanne sneaking up behind her daughters and them embracing each other.
“Mummy did a brilliant job. She had to be away to save people. She’s my hero,” said Bella. The video became an instant hit on Twitter and was re-Tweeted more than 18,000 times!
You can watch the beautiful reunion for yourself in the video below.
Just in case you missed it. Here’s the girls being reunited with Mummy after 9 weeks of being away so she could help save lives. Please feel free to share x pic.twitter.com/KhPGNAqwD8
— Charlotte Savage (@Lottsoflove21) June 2, 2020
