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Recently, David Deutchman, an 82-year-old man, was nicknamed “the ICU Grandpa” at Children’s Healthc...
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Recently, David Deutchman, an 82-year-old man, was nicknamed “the ICU Grandpa” at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital. For 12 years or so, he has been _________ babies, children there.
Deutchman said he was coming to the _________ for a recovery after a running injury 12 years ago when he first _________ some of the patients’ mothers. From conversations with them, he _________ that he wanted to make more connection with parents and children being_______ at the hospital. Therefore, he started _________ at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital after he retired from a job in international business marketing.
He _________ babies and sometimes he even gets peed (小便) on, but he is _________ to carry on. “It’s been wonderful because it gives me something to do that has _________ to it. Every day I drive in here, I don’t know which kids and parents I’ll __________ and what the issues will be and how I can help, but I __________ it. You just can’t imagine the kind of________ that I can get from holding a baby and talking with parents”, he said.
In the ICU, there are only two to three new admits every night so the first thing he will do is to __________ the parents who have been admitted the previous night. “Usually they needed a________ after a whole night. And I make sure they can go down for breakfast and I’ll stay with the __________ until they get back,” he said.
MaryBeth Brulette, the mother of baby Logan, has been at the hospital for six weeks. On a recent morning, she returned to the hospital to find Logan in Deutchman’s __________. Seeing this, she said, “All my __________ was gone.”
Elizabeth Mittiga, an ICU nurse at the hospital, said that the staff __________ Deutchman’s calming presence and appreciated Mr. Deutchman’s __________ to his cause. He’s a great help to babies in the ICU care. He’s just a really special person to us, as nurses, and the babies just adore him.
“Right now, I’m still going strong and enjoying it an awful lot,” he said. “So as long as they’ll have me, I’ll be there.” What an outstanding human being! Truly, Mr. Deutchman is the typical example of a __________ man with a sincere desire to make his life worthwhile by helping others.
1.A.tending B.educating C.examining D.curing
2.A.house B.hospital C.apartment D.center
3.A.disturbed B.persuaded C.accepted D.noticed
4.A.imagined B.remembered C.realized D.studied
5.A.treated B.injured C.interviewed D.ignored
6.A.teaching B.instructing C.volunteering D.exhibiting
7.A.holds B.praises C.seeks D.raises
8.A.concerned B.annoyed C.confused D.determined
9.A.training B.meaning C.thinking D.ending
10.A.protect B.greet C.meet D.call
11.A.miss B.fear C.control D.enjoy
12.A.trouble B.reward C.effort D.change
13.A.rescue B.visit C.inform D.count
14.A.break B.message C.lesson D.drive
15.A.doctors B.cleaners C.children D.partners
16.A.arms B.bed C.hands D.room
17.A.relief B.sorrow C.anxiety D.curiosity
18.A.shared B.regretted C.complained D.treasured
19.A.evaluation B.devotion C.application D.explanation
20.A.brave B.creative C.careless D.selfless
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