Queensland mother Kristy-Lee Kirby’s heart is warmed by paramedic’s random act of kindness

The story behind this photo of a sick little boy gazing through the window of his favourite museum will warm your heart

  • Kristy-Lee Kirby’s son was flown to a Brisbane hospital after contracting a virus
  • En route in the ambulance, Jordan, four, talked about his love for dinosaurs
  • Paramedics stopped by Queensland Museum to give the boy a look inside
  • Ms Kirby said she’ll ‘never forget’ the random kindness that made her son’s day

The mother of a sick child flown to Brisbane for specialist treatment says she will ‘never forget’ two paramedics’ random act of kindness that made her son’s day.

Kristy-Lee Kirby and her son Jordan flew 530 kilometres south from their home in Yeppoon to Queensland‘s state capital by Royal Flying Doctor Service on December 19 after the four-year-old contracted a serious virus.

On the drive to Queensland Children’s Hospital, paramedics chatted to Jordan who spoke enthusiastically about his obsession with dinosaurs.

The ambulance driver made a detour and pulled over outside Queensland Museum where they showed him around exhibitions of towering Triceratops Tyrannosaurus Rex, a small gesture that made a massive impact on Ms Kirby and her little boy.

Paramedics treated Kristy-Lee Kirby’s dinosaur-obsessed son Jordan (pictured) to an unexpected surprise en route to Queensland Children’s Hospital

‘It was a simple act of kindness made his and my day and I will never ever forget it,’ Ms Kirby told Daily Mail Australia.

‘I don’t know their names but I am so thankful to them for doing that for my little boy.’

A photo of Jordan gazing gleefully inside the window of the museum under the watchful eye of a paramedic has gone viral, racking up 10,000 likes since Ms Kirby uploaded it to a Facebook group on Tuesday.

The heartwarming snap has sparked hundreds of delighted responses, with many branding it a beacon of hope in a sea of grim headlines warning of deteriorating US democracy and mutant strains of coronavirus sweeping the globe.

‘How wonderfully thoughtful. This is epic,’ one woman replied. 

Ms Kirby (pictured with Jordan) said she will 'never forget' the paramedics' random act of kindness

Ms Kirby (pictured with Jordan) said she will ‘never forget’ the paramedics’ random act of kindness

‘So sweet, there’s so much love in this world,’ said another, while a third wrote: ‘Totally awesome. Ambos are simply the best!’

A fourth agreed, calling paramedics, nurses and doctors ‘angels that walk on earth’.

‘They are saints among us,’ added a fifth.

Ms Kirby said Jordan made a speedy a recovery and the duo were reunited with her husband and six-year-old daughter just in time for Christmas.