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Keith Klaehn, a veteran who triumphed in battle with COVID-19, and his wife, Elizabeth, photographed in Sitka, Alaska. Photo, courtesy Keith Klaehn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keith Klaehn came to UCHealth Memorial Hospital North<\/a> squared away, like a soldier.<\/p>\n

He carried a small suitcase that contained clothing and shaving gear. Somehow, Klaehn knew when he walked through the door that he\u2019d be spending the night.<\/p>\n

He had a hard time catching his breath, and his temperature was rising. Since no one was in the Emergency Department, Klaehn was tested immediately for COVID-19 and within in an hour, he had results.<\/p>\n

For the next month, Klaehn, a former Army Command Sergeant Major (the highest rank for an enlisted soldier in the military) and combat veteran, fought an enemy unseen, the novel coronavirus. He enlisted help from a new army, nurses, doctors, techs, respiratory therapists and physical therapists \u2013 and chaplains \u2013 to see him through a war that ended with a soldier\u2019s ultimate dream: Homecoming.<\/p>\n

\u201cWords alone cannot adequately express my deep appreciation and gratitude for all the professionals here at Memorial North. Even as an old soldier, I don\u2019t know that I have seen courage like I\u2019ve seen here,\u2019\u2019 Klaehn said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost clich\u00e9 by now, but it is an invisible enemy. And as such, that is where I call upon the word courage. It is one thing to into battle against someone who probably doesn\u2019t have the technology that you have, because we\u2019re almost certainly going to be given the chance to see the enemy. It is something entirely different when you are wading through this cesspool of things that you cannot see, and to try to battle in that fashion.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Klaehn, a businessman who owns a successful real estate company in the Pikes Peak Region served 21 years in the Army. He\u2019s been \u201cretired\u2019\u2019 from the Army for 21 years and serves as chair of the Defense Mission Task Force, a volunteer position aligned with the Colorado Springs Chamber and Economic Development Council<\/a>. In that role, Klaehn works alongside a multitude of other community leaders to ensure economic vitality for the region\u2019s five military bases and to provide the highest possible quality of life for servicemembers and their families.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t say enough about Keith,\u2019\u2019 said Ron Fitch, chief administrative officer for Pikes Peak Regional Hospital and vice president of Operations and Military Affairs for UCHealth Memorial Hospital. A former garrison commander at Fort Carson, Fitch has served with Klaehn on the Chamber\u2019s Defense Mission Task Force.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeith is the community link to all of our local bases and the local, state and federal governments. He\u2019s done wonderful things for Colorado Springs and the military and he does it all on his own time for the benefit of the community,\u2019\u2019 Fitch said.<\/p>\n

Klaehn spent 26 days at Memorial after arriving April 4. First, he was seen on a medical floor, then taken to the ICU and placed on a ventilator. He is now recovering at home.<\/p>\n

His condition declined rapidly during the early days in the hospital. He began to frantically sent text messages to his family about end-of-life issue and to associates to tie up loose ends on his business. In the ICU, he was placed on a ventilator.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s a lesson in preparedness or a lack thereof. We can get hit by a bus on any given day,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cIt\u2019s all just driven home to you when you have a couple of days to see the bus coming. That\u2019s been a real lesson for me personally. Hopefully others are smarter than I when it comes to their preparation and planning.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Memorial Hospital North in Colorado Springs where Keith, a combat veteran, triumphed in battle with COVID-19. Photo: UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s amazing all the things that are going through your head when it looks like you are going to be out for a while and it\u2019s entirely possible that you may be out forever.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

One of the most difficult things about being a patient in any hospital now is strict visitor policies to safeguard against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Klaehn has not had a face-to-face visit with his wife in weeks, though members of Memorial\u2019s chaplain team have used iPads, Zoom and FaceTime to provide video conferences.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s certainly been one of the most difficult aspects of it,\u2019\u2019 Klaehn said. \u201cThe chaplain corps has done an amazing job for our family in terms of helping getting us connected through video message. Even the doctors, they have taken pictures when they have time and sent them to my wife, because she had just no frame of reference whatsoever, my sitting here, my condition, my appearance. The staff from top to bottom here has been amazing.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Klaehn, who travels frequently, said that now that he has COVID-19 in the rear view mirror, getting out to see his children and 9 grandchildren, will again be a priority for him and his wife. When safe-at-home orders lift and the United States opens up a little bit, Klaehn and his wife will resume traveling and get out to see their loved ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll five of our children are grown. The youngest of our 5 kids is in college \u2013 and almost everyone is either serving in the military, or they have served and gone on to do something else,\u2019\u2019 he said. \u201cThey\u2019re all over, in Atlanta, North Carolina and Whidbey Island, Washington and in Colorado Springs.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re on the road a lot. We have the joke that I earn the miles and my wife uses them. Occasionally, I get to join her on the trips,\u2019\u2019 he joked.<\/p>\n

He said that his memory of some of the early days in the hospital and certainly while on in the ICU are a blur to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe staff are always asking me, do you remember this, do you remember that? And it\u2019s been good for them to recount some of the stories to me because I do not, in fact, remember,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so grateful for them,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

For as long as he lives, he said, one thing that will always stay with him is the eye-to-eye communication he had with his caregivers. He\u2019s always been good with names and faces, but as a patient looking up from his bed, all he could see above his caregivers\u2019 masks were their eyes.<\/p>\n

Looking into them, he saw compassion and courage, the qualities he\u2019s admired through battles fought with the best soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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