{"id":84929,"date":"2025-08-21T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=84929"},"modified":"2025-08-21T13:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:27:47","slug":"our-stories-maddie-mills-bri-bridgewater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/our-stories-maddie-mills-bri-bridgewater\/","title":{"rendered":"Maddie Mills and Bri Bridgewater"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_84930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84930\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-84930\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/14103632\/Maddie-Mills-and-Bri-Bridgewater-web-version.webp\" alt=\"Photo of Maddie Mills and Bri Bridgewater\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maddie Mills and Bri Bridgewater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Bringing comfort and smiles, one washcloth animal at a time<\/h2>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-memorial-hospital-central\/\">UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central<\/a>, small gestures are making a big impact, thanks to a creative and compassionate nurse who found a unique way to brighten her patients\u2019 days.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by towel animals she saw while traveling on cruise ships, Maddie Mills, who is a registered nurse, began creating adorable washcloth animals to comfort patients and lift their spirits. What began as a spontaneous act of kindness for a scared patient has grown. Bri Bridgewater, a patient care assistant who works with Mills, has helped to expand the initiative across the Medical Intensive Care Unit.<\/p>\n<p>Mills came up with the idea when she noticed a patient crying and visibly anxious.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was really scared, and I just thought, \u2018what can I do to make her feel better?\u2019\u201d said Mills.<\/p>\n<p>A little later, Mills recalled the playful towel animals from her cruise travels and decided to re-create one.<\/p>\n<p>After searching for supplies and watching a YouTube tutorial, Mills got creative. Using a washcloth, a larger towel, rubber bands, hair ties and even a leftover orange tourniquet, she constructed a 12-inch teddy bear, complete with ears and a bowtie.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_84933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84933\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-84933\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/14103909\/Maddie-Mills-and-Bri-Bridgewater-inline-photo-scaled.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teddy bears crafted by Bridgewater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mills delivered two of the bears to the patient before a scheduled interventional radiology procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt completely changed her day,\u201d Mills said. \u201cShe was in such a better mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bears accompanied the patient to the procedure, offering a source of comfort and distraction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was holding both of her little bears, and her anxiety and fear just kind of went away,\u201d Mills said.<\/p>\n<p>For Mills, the towel animals are an extension of her dedication to patient care.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love all my patients and always try to go above and beyond,\u201d she said. \u201cIf I can make their day better by making a towel animal, that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bridgewater soon joined in, inspired by Mills\u2019 thoughtful gesture. Recently, she cared for an elderly patient who was snuggling his remote for comfort. \u201cI thought, \u2018let\u2019s give him something else to snuggle,\u2019\u201d she said. Using the same technique, Bridgewater created a towel bear and presented it to him.<\/p>\n<p>She later had another patient with cerebral palsy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir mom cried when I brought it in there,\u201d Bridgewater said.<\/p>\n<p>The bear remained by the patient\u2019s side for the rest of the week<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to make patients feel special,\u201d Bridgewater said. \u201cMy background in pediatrics taught me the importance of comfort and compassion, and I\u2019ve found that bringing those same principles into adult care helps me build meaningful connections with my patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the intensive care unit, focus is often on critical medical care; opportunities for emotional connections can be limited. But Mills believes it\u2019s just as essential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not super common that we get awake patients that we get to comfort,\u201d said Mills. \u201cAnd I think it\u2019s good to find a way to provide emotional support in addition to the physical support. I\u2019m seeing you as a patient and I\u2019m seeing you as a person, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Mills and Bridgewater are bringing comfort and joy to patients when they need it most, one cuddly towel animal at a time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3 su-column-centered\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>You Make Extraordinary Possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Together, we recognize and honor the qualities within ourselves by shining a spotlight on how each and every one of us improve lives in big ways and small.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#A22343;border-color:#821c36;border-radius:56px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#be657c;border-radius:56px;text-shadow:none\"> Share a story<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bringing comfort and smiles, one washcloth animal at a time At UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, small gestures are making a big impact, thanks to a creative and compassionate nurse who found a unique way to brighten her patients\u2019 days. 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