NHS medic gets boost from Belle’s rainbows
A LITTLE girl was overwhelmed with joy when a lovely letter from an NHS medic was posted through her front door.
Six-year-old Belle Powell decided to show her support for healthcare workers during the coronavirus outbreak by putting pictures she had drawn of rainbows in the front window of her family home.
Just days after the posters were put up in her house in Pontcanna, Cardiff, Belle received a heartwarming letter from a medic expressing their thanks for Belle’s support.
The letter, signed SK, said: “I was walking past your house last night and feeling very sorry for myself when I saw your drawing (Heart NHS) and it cheered me up. I have not seen my mum and sister since Christmas now and I have not been able to go back to London as my colleagues had the virus over the last four weeks.”
The letter goes on to say how the doctor will not see their family for the foreseeable future after volunteering to work on the virus ward at their hospital.
The letter continues: “I am relatively young and healthy and I became a doctor to help. So what better opportunity to volunteer and show my worth, right? I was very scared last night and I was wondering if it was all worth it... Your little drawing made it all feel better and worth it.”
Belle said when her dad Duncan Powell, 45, read the letter to her, she was very excited.
“It made me feel happy,” Belle added.
Belle’s parents, Duncan and Rachel, 43, are hopeful they will be able to meet the NHS hero who posted the letter through their door when the coronavirus outbreak is over.
Duncan, who runs a recruitment agency in Cardiff., said: “She is a very kind little thing and always does things and makes things for other people. My wife Rach started to cry and it was just a very touching moment.
“The NHS are on the frontline with this, showing our appreciation in this way is the least we can do.”