Family surprises mother's caregiver with nursing school tuition
http://ift.tt/2u6gD0d His mom, Judy Wright, was battling Parkinson's Disease. She made it through that day. But her son -- and Judy Wright's nursing aide, RonTunDe Hector -- knew she didn't have long. Hector believed she knew exactly how much time Chris' mom had left. "RonTunDe said 'The Lord told me when she's going to pass," Wright said. "She's going to pass on Sunday.'" To everyone's surprise, Chris' mother survived for three more days and passed away on Sunday. It was July 9, which happened to be Hector's birthday. Some might say it was a coincidence that Chris Wright's mother died on that day -- but Wright and Hector say they don't believe in coincidences. It was divine intervention, they say, an intervention that began three years ago with a random act of kindness. Kindness on the highway2014 was a rough year for Hector. The single mother of two boys was going through a divorce, she recalled, and money was tight. "One Sunday I ran out of gas on the highway. I started walking with my gas can and I only had $5, and this guy pulled up and said, 'you need help?'" Hector said. "He filled up my car with gas and gave me $40. It was like God sent him my way." That kind act stuck with Hector, who works as a hospice care aide at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens, Georgia. She came to care for Judy Wright through her job at St. Mary's. When she showed up at the family's home for the first time, they felt a strong bond with her, Chris Wright said. A past connection"My dad said, 'I feel better when she's here,'" Wright said, "so I set up a time for her and I to meet. We started talking about the care my mom needed and our faith, and she asked what church I went to." "I said Cornerstone Church, and she said 'I met the nicest man from that church three years ago. He helped me in one of my hardest times,'" Wright recalled. "She got my attention because I was like 'I probably know him,' and then she says 'I ran out of gas and he filled up my tank and gave me $40.'" That was when Wright realized they had already met. "I'm already crying at that point and said 'RonTunDe, that was me,'" he said. "She said 'take off your hat' and saw it was me, and we just cried." While caring for his mom, Hector became like a member of the family, Wright said. She told them it was her dream to go to nursing school, but that she didn't know how she was going to pay for it. Funding a futureAfter Judy Wright's death, her family decided to repay the caretaker's kindness. In lieu of flowers, they asked mourners donate to a fundthat they set up to help Hector pay for nursing school. In less than a week, they raised over $8,000 for the aspiring nurse and surprised her with the news. "I cried all night," she said. "I didn't stop crying until 1:30 that morning." Their story went viral and the fund has now collected almost $30,000. They see this as just the beginning of their story. "She is driven to serve people and care for the sick," Wright said. "That's her calling. She's going to be a nurse. No doubt in my mind." "I've always felt I had something to offer the world, I just needed a platform," Hector said. Health via CNN.com - RSS Channel - Health http://ift.tt/1rsiniF July 28, 2017 at 05:21PM
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