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‘I don’t think anyone understands the work ethic and the time, patience, hours and care these people put in’
A man who needed surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his head has said the hospital staff who looked after him need to be celebrated. James Hurst, 49, had an eight-hour operation after a tumour was discovered behind the top of his nose.
He is now recuperating at home and “trying to get pretty again”. Father-of-two James wanted people to know about the “amazing” care he received on Ward 4 of Hull Royal Infirmary.
He was so taken with the team that he wrote a poem for them, called Hidden Angels. It talks of their “ceaseless spirit” and “compassion, strength and fortitude”.
James said he believed he was suffering with sinus trouble and using sprays to try to relieve it, for about four years. “Eventually they put a camera up and the doctor said I had a cancerous tumour; it was behind the top of my nose, just inside of my eye and just underneath my brain.
“I thought I was just having polyps out, not anything like that. It was a bit of a shock.”
James, who works in sales, was working up to September 25 and went in for his operation five days later. “They went in through the side of my nose and I have a scar from one ear to the other across the top of my head.”
James, who lives in Grimsby, said the staff of Ward 4 made his stay “so pleasant in such a turbulent time”. He said “I don’t think anyone understands the work ethic and the time, patience, hours and care these people put in and how at ease they put people who potentially don’t know if they will live or not.”
James said he watched the nurses working “absolutely tirelessly” the whole time he was there. “This is a ward where the patients are there because of something to do with their brain, head trauma maybe, and a lot of people in a lot of pain.
“I just watched all the staff being incredible, they were a sight to behold. You’d see them sit down for a minute for a cup of tea and then a bell would go off at one of the beds and they would be up again.
“They make is as nice an experience as they can. I wrote a poem for them on my last day on the ward, I wanted them to know how appreciated they are and how special they are.”
James said of his recovery: “I am doing all right. The surgeon said he managed to get it all.”
Below is the poem that James wrote for the staff of Ward 4 and we have his permission to share it.
HIDDEN ANGELS
These glorious people you may never have to meet
As they go about their lives, wings hidden from the street
But when they start their shift , their wings are in plain sight
Whether they start their day shift, or toil on through the night
Their caring ways and ceaseless spirit are much abound
As they work their 12 hour shifts without murmur or a sound
Their tired limbs and aching bones stop for a cup of tea
But boing!! the alarm goes off its a call from bed number 3
And off they go again with no complaint or grumble
Thinking of only others while their stomachs start to rumble
Tired eyes , troubled lives, all hidden behind their smile
Even though the shift ahead maybe quite a trial
Their compassion, strength, fortitude and hearts of pure white gold
Are incomparable to most and a bewildering sight to behold
Do not think it’s just the nurses that I speak of in this poem
But all the staff in this ward because I want you to know them
So trust me I’ve seen these angels, I have met them before
At Hull Royal Infirmary, the wonderful Ward number four
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