Laurie Umeh
Phoebe just popped into my mind today and I was sad to learn that she had passed. I'm sorry I never got to re- connect with her. I worked with Phoebe when I was a new nurse at the San Francusco VA in 1979 where we worked on a unit caring for cardiovascular patients. For this new nurse, Phoebe was patient and supportive. She was so kind to patients.
i can still hear her calling her patients honey bunny and gently encouraging them after their big surgeries. I moved on to another unit within a few months. I never forgot Phoebe.
Laurie Umeh, Oakland