Readers have no worries, Ana & Christian's story will continue. I'm writing as quickly as I can. I have enjoyed reading reviews of my story because I am still marveling how far the internet has spread my little story. Having said that, I need to take a moment to state a few things:

This is a work of fiction. Period.

While the subject matter, sadly, is true to life, I have taken artistic liberties here and there. To the other nurses who are enjoying this work of fiction, I hope you will forgive the occasional lapse of complete accuracy. Most of you who have posted reviews, have kindly understood. There is one "nurse", however, who has posted occasionally who has decided my work of fiction is horrible, inaccurate and an abomination against all that is scared! To this individual, I politely ask you to stop. If my writing is so horrible, move on. Many of the stories posted on this blog I have found be not to my liking, I've not wasted any more of my time to bother reading them, let alone take the time to post a review, pointing out all the aspects of the story I do not like.

I have worked at several large teaching hospitals in my 30+ year nursing career. ALL of them have a VIP nursing units, which provides nursing care for all clinical areas, many including post-partum when the baby rooms in with their mothers. I have worked on them; therefore know if which I speak. In fact, the unit I have Ana on is basically the VIP unit of the hospital I presently work at. Trust me, individuals, such as Warren Buffet, or George Clooney, when they have to be hospitalized, don't end up on the regular floor! Privacy laws prevent me from name dropping, but I have met and cared for high profile individuals pay to stay on these units all the time. I encourage the writer to go on the web site of any large hospital and research its accommodations and you will find these units mentioned.

Lastly, in my long nursing career, when patients are directly admitted to the hospital, especially if they are Oncology patients who are taking pain medications not normally stocked on the unit, and the patient was in pain, they were permitted to take their own supply of that drug, sometimes with official sanction of the admitting physician, others with a wink from the nursing staff. I will admit it is not normal practice, but it occurs.

Again, this is fiction; therefore, a private duty agency nurse probably would not have acted as Evelyn did. Having said that, did I point out this is a work of fiction? If I want Evelyn to give Ana a drug while she's lying in a hospital bed, but not in the system, then I get to write that. When you write your story, you can do as you please.

I have decided to leave the unfavorable review up a few days to allow other readers to see what I am responding to. I ask, however, that other reviewers not to respond to the angry reviewer, as I don't want this thread to turn into some sort of war of words.

I am a nurse; I deal with ill people every day. My actions can help, or potentially kill; a person and I take that duty very seriously. On this web site I am writing this fictional story about fictional characters for the fun of it. I want no money, no glory, and if you notice my pen name, no real recognition. Those of you who are enjoying it, I'm delighted. Those of you who aren't. Write your own or move on.

Thank you,

Liza Dreamer, RN