{"id":63682,"date":"2022-04-27T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=63682"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:33:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:33:37","slug":"delighting-her-caregivers-covid-19-patient-returns-to-say-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/delighting-her-caregivers-covid-19-patient-returns-to-say-thanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Delighting her caregivers, COVID-19 patient returns to say thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_63685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63685\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63685\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084800\/danaportraiteee.webp\" alt=\"Dana Ikener\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084800\/danaportraiteee.webp 800w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084800\/danaportraiteee-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084800\/danaportraiteee-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084800\/danaportraiteee-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084800\/danaportraiteee-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Ikener<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Two years after spending 30 days fighting for her life at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, Dana Ikener scratched an item off of her to-do list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told you I\u2019d come back,\u2019\u2019 Ikener said.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two years to the day that the 58-year-old walked out of Memorial Hospital, she returned to the hospital to thank the people who cared for her in March and April 2020 during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The doctors, nurses, therapists who gathered for the informal get-together with pastries and coffee were delighted to see her again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look fantastic,\u2019\u2019 said Greg Braeger, a manager at Memorial\u2019s inpatient rehabilitation unit, whose team helped her get back on her feet after she had been on a ventilator and in the intensive care unit.<\/p>\n<p>Ikener was striking in her crisp white shirt, white pants and white sandals to match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to see everybody,\u2019\u2019 said Ikener, who works for an accounting firm and as a deaconess in her church. \u201cI do appreciate all the help and all of the care that you gave me because at that time, there were so many people dying from this, and the Lord blessed me to be around you people.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63686\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63686\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084835\/teamdanaeee.webp\" alt=\"Care givers at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central are photographed with Dana Ikener, a patient who recovered from COVID-19\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084835\/teamdanaeee.webp 800w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084835\/teamdanaeee-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084835\/teamdanaeee-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084835\/teamdanaeee-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27084835\/teamdanaeee-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A team of care givers at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central are photographed with Dana Ikener, who returned to the hospital to say thank you to her caregivers. Two years ago, Ikener spent 30 days in the hospital recovering from COVID-19. Photo: UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The staff celebrated the day Ikener left the hospital, April 22, 2020. Ikener represented hope, a beacon for all the others staff were trying to save. Chief Nursing Officer Tamera Dunseth Rosenbaum still has the video of Ikener leaving the hospital on her phone. She still watches it periodically, as it is a reminder of the reason she and hundreds of nurses show up to work every day.<\/p>\n<p>Ikener told the gathering: \u201cI was determined to walk out of the hospital, because I walked in,\u2019\u2019 Ikener said. \u201cI had told them, I know you are supposed to wheel me out, but I am determined to walk out. So, whoever gets in trouble, I\u2019m sorry.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>No one got in trouble. As Dr. David Steinbruner, Memorial\u2019s chief medical officer, recalled: \u201cYou had top cover.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>That day, when nurses asked Rosenbaum to allow Ikener to walk out, she said: \u201cMake it happen.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was part of your healing,\u2019\u2019 Dr. David Steinbruner said to Ikener.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenbaum told Ikener the memory of her walking out is one she won\u2019t ever forget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was here the day that you walked out, and I don\u2019t expect you to remember, but I certainly remember it. I still have the video on my phone as I know many of the folks in the room still have,\u2019\u2019 Rosenbaum said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou talked about how difficult a time it was for the nurses, all of the staff members, the physical therapists, all of the therapies that dealt with these patients, but it\u2019s patients like you that kept them coming back every day,\u2019\u2019 Rosenbaum said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally?\u2019\u2019 Ikener asked.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63687\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63687\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085044\/lucyanddanaeee.webp\" alt=\"Lucy Montoya, a manager at UCHealth Memorial Hospital's inpatient rehabilitation unit, speaks to Dana Ikener.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085044\/lucyanddanaeee.webp 800w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085044\/lucyanddanaeee-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085044\/lucyanddanaeee-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085044\/lucyanddanaeee-150x113.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085044\/lucyanddanaeee-200x150.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dana Ikener speaks to Lucy Montoya, a manager in UCHealth&#8217;s inpatient rehabilitation unit at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central. Photo: UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely. And the fact that you were so kind to come back and tell everybody thank you, you won\u2019t know how much that means to all of the nurses and all of the therapists who took care of you and so many other patients. I just want to say thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to thank us for what we did,\u2019\u2019 Rosenbaum said.<\/p>\n<p>Ikener was one of nearly 20,000 COVID-positive patients cared for in UCHealth\u2019s 12 hospitals during a two-year span of the pandemic. UCHealth also administered 850,000 vaccine doses and provided 11,500 monoclonal antibody treatments and preventive therapies.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the pandemic, leaders in UCHealth hospitals worked hard to show their appreciation for staff by offering free and discounted meals, stipends for child care and employee bonuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe often talk about \u2018How does your bucket get filled?\u2019 and our heart gets filled by people coming back,\u2019\u2019 said Lucy Montoya, a manager on the rehabilitation unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou look beautiful,\u2019\u2019 Montoya told Ikener, \u201cand we know the journey that you have taken. For us, this is confirmation of what we do every day, and how we help our patients. To be able to see you like this is just remarkable.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Montoya lost a sister to COVID-19, so seeing Ikener looking so healthy meant everything to her.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_63691\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63691\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63691\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085729\/tameraeee.webp\" alt=\"Tamera Dunseth Rosenbaum, chief nursing officer at UCHealth Memorial Hospital, speaks to Dana Ikener.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085729\/tameraeee.webp 750w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085729\/tameraeee-225x300.webp 225w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085729\/tameraeee-113x150.webp 113w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/04\/27085729\/tameraeee-200x267.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63691\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamera Dunseth Rosenbaum, chief nursing officer at UCHealth Memorial Hospital, speaks to Dana Ikener. Photo: UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis is very near and dear to my heart. For you to be here, healthy and alive and well, it is just amazing and it warms my heart.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Ikener, who seemed at home with her caregivers, had a story to tell before leaving to go back to work. Her co-worker at the accounting firm had asked if there would be food at the informal gathering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey might have something,\u2019\u2019 Ikener told her co-worker, who is pregnant with her first child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe stays hungry,\u2019\u2019 Ikener said, filling the room with laughter.<\/p>\n<p>Staff took the hint. This time, nearly two years to the day, Ikener walked out of the hospital again, this time with a box of pastries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years after spending 30 days fighting for her life at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, Dana Ikener scratched an item off of her to-do list. \u201cI told you I\u2019d come back,\u2019\u2019 Ikener said. 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