Cab driver picked up this little girl, and 5 minutes later, he realized that she needed help!

The Note and the Hospital Search

As if having read his thoughts, the child took a pen and a sheet of folded paper out of the side pocket. Then she looked hopefully in the eyes of the cab driver and handed him the note.

Walter unfolded the paper and quickly read what was written on it. To the man’s surprise, the note, full of grammatical errors, said that the girl should be taken to the hospital where her grandmother was getting treatment.

It seemed that the note was written by an illiterate person or a child who only knew how to print and didn’t have the slightest idea about capital letters. Walter thought for a minute or two and then decided to take the girl wherever she needed to go.

He felt very sorry for the child who was left all alone, especially in such a dangerous place as the road at night. When the girl was getting into the back seat of the car, Walter noticed that there was something wrong with her left hand as if it had been injured recently.

Okay, I’ll take her to the hospital now and then we’ll figure out what to do next, Mr. Walter thought and started the engine. All the way to the hospital, the girl looked out the window and behaved very calmly.

Only occasionally, she was flinching when the car drove over a bump. It was obvious that the girl’s hand was hurting and more so whenever she tried to move it.

When Mr. Goldman walked into the hospital with the girl, he ran into another problem. The problem was that Walter didn’t know the name of the woman he needed to find.

Realizing that the mute girl was unlikely to be able to help him, Mr. Walter tried to inquire at the front desk if a woman who looked like the girl’s grandmother had been admitted recently. Fortunately, the nurse on duty felt bad for the girl.

Having checked the journal, she found out that only one woman, Oprah Patterson, who was admitted with a heart attack, could potentially be the girl’s grandmother. Hearing the familiar last name, the girl nodded happily and even seemed to have forgotten about the pain in her hand.

Heartbreak and a Hidden Injury

Meanwhile, the nurse seemed to hesitate for a moment, but then she asked Walter to step aside so they could talk without the girl.

“You see Mr. Goldman, I don’t even know how to tell you but the thing is, Oprah Patterson died three hours ago.”

Said the nurse.

“That’s an unexpected turn. What am I supposed to do now?”

Walter said barely managing to keep his cool.

Finally, having recovered from the initial shock, the man realized that he should first think about the girl and only then decide what to do with her grandmother. Taking a quick look at the girl’s hand, the nurse told Mr. Goldman that he needed to take her to a pediatric trauma department.

“It looks like she might have a fracture, but she needs to get an X-ray to be sure,”

The nurse said stroking the girl’s head.

Since the girl could hardly stand on her feet, Walter picked her up and carried her to the car. And when the cab driver brought the girl to the pediatric department, the doctors were shocked when they saw the X-ray results.

The girl had a broken arm and numerous bruised ribs. It meant only one thing to Mr. Goldman: the girl needed to be admitted into the hospital.

She needed to be under the supervision of doctors who would provide her with qualified assistance. Walter returned home late that night.

His wife met him at the door and immediately asked him with alarm in her voice:

“Honey, what happened? You look so pale.”

The man sighed sadly and having sat down on a chair told his wife everything that happened to him that evening.

After listening to her husband, Miranda Goldman couldn’t hold back her tears. She felt sorry for the unfortunate girl who, by some fateful coincidence, lost her grandmother and was hospitalized with a fracture all in one day.

“It seems to me that we need to help her dear. I’ll visit her tomorrow,”

Said Miranda looking hopefully into her husband’s eyes.

The Little Girl Finds Her Voice

Miranda had the right instinct because it seemed that she literally read her husband’s thoughts who was about to suggest the same thing. So the next morning, Mr. and Mrs. Goldman went to the hospital.

To the surprise of the Goldmans, the girl’s attending physician greeted them with good news.

“You know what? It turns out that the girl wasn’t mute after all. She probably suffered some kind of psychological trauma which caused a speech impediment.”

The elderly doctor said not taking his eyes off the happy couple.

“Of course she still doesn’t speak much but the most important part is that she told us her name. It’s Hannah,”

Continued the doctor.

“It’s a real miracle. When can we see her? We brought her some treats and toys,”

Miranda inquired cautiously.

“Well since you’ve been so kind you can visit Hannah right now,”

The pediatrician replied with a smile.

Seeing the man she knew, the girl exclaimed happily:

“Yay, the driver’s here! I missed you!”

Tears filled Walter’s and Miranda’s eyes.

The girl’s voice was so loud that they too wanted to shout with joy at the top of their lungs. Hannah was very happy about the visit of Mr. Goldman and his wife.

Although, the happiest Hannah was for the dolls that the smart Miranda bought that morning at a toy store. From that day on, the Goldman couple visited Hannah every morning and sometimes even several times a day.

The Goldmans were very happy to see the joy in Hannah’s eyes. She literally lit up every time they walked into her room.