'Mum said speaking Welsh would help soothe Morgan'

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A mother has thanked a student nurse for writing comforting phrases in Welsh on the bedside notes of her son while he was in hospital in Birmingham. Natalie Ridler, from Gorseinon, Swansea, said the nurse wrote down phrases for colleagues to use to soothe her then-two-year-old son, Morgan. Her message said: "Mum reported that speaking Welsh to Morgan helps soothe him. Here's some that may help." Morgan was in intensive care after having surgery to remove a tumour. Mrs Ridler posted a video thanking the nurse on TikTok that has been liked more than 8,000 times. "It was a very moving thing to have done. I think that it's something that's very simple," she said.