Bosco
“We want to express our heartfelt thanks.”
Bosco was undergoing chemotherapy treatments when he experienced significant injury to his arm from the IV therapy procedure and had to be admitted to an acute care hospital.
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He remained at the facility until he had been stabilized and was then transferred to Kindred Hospital Paramount to receive respiratory therapy, advanced wound care and rehabilitation. With his wife, Irene, at his side every day and a dedicated interdisciplinary team caring for him, Bosco began his journey to recovery. Although his injury was significant, his wound care team began to see positive results soon after he started receiving care. Highly motivated to recover, Bosco also began to work with his rehab therapists to regain his strength and mobility, and his speech-language pathologist helped him begin a regular diet after he had been unable to take food by mouth for a long period of time. Now able to stand up, walk with assistance and take care of the tasks of daily life, Bosco achieved all of the recovery goals set at the time of his admission and was ready to be discharged to return home to continue his recovery.
“We want to express our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Baghai for his continuous support and also Dr. Bansil and Dr. Bholat for all their care,” Irene shared before Bosco was discharged. “We would like to thank Pam and the physical therapy team, Joseph and Alex and the wound care team, everyone from respiratory team, and his nurses, especially Rose, Joselito and Ron, who provided heartfelt care. Above all I would like to say a special thank you to Mark, the CEO of Kindred Paramount, for welcoming us and meeting all of our needs.”
Jose
“I am very thankful to the whole Kindred team for helping me recover.”
Jose worked as a painter and was active and independent until he was exposed to COVID-19 and became ill with respiratory distress.
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He was admitted to a general hospital when his condition worsened and he had to be placed on a ventilator and started on IV treatments. Despite the care he was receiving, Jose’s condition became extremely delicate and his family was advised to begin considering end-of-life decisions and whether to continue life support. Jose’s family chose not to give up and made the decision to have Jose transferred to Kindred Hospital Paramount. Now under the care of an interdisciplinary team, Jose began to receive respiratory therapy and soon started to show visible signs of progress. With his wife, Celia, at his side and dedicated care and encouragement from his team, Jose became motivated and engaged with his recovery and steadily progressed until he was weaned from the ventilator, needing only supplemental oxygen. Jose then started to participate more fully in his rehab therapy sessions and he was able to recover his mobility and independence, requiring only minimal support to walk and take care of the activities of daily life.
“I am very thankful to the whole Kindred team for helping me recover and for having patience with me,” Jose shared before he was discharged. “I especially want to thank the respiratory and therapy departments for their dedication and willingness to always help me, and my doctors for providing different methods to help with my recovery.”
Simyoulim
Told She Had Six Months To Live
Simyoulim came to Kindred Hospital Paramount about six months after being told she had only this amount of time to live due to the breast cancer that had metastasized throughout her body. Her primary oncologist who recommended that she come to Kindred had been treating her with chemotherapy, and after her long struggle Simyoulim was in a very delicate condition, depending on a ventilator to support her lungs, a feeding tube for nutrition and IV lines to administer medication and fluids.
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At the beginning of her stay at Kindred, Simyoulim was treated by her respiratory therapists, started a course of IV antibiotics and began receiving much-needed nutritional support. Her caregivers also managed the drainage tubes in her chest and closely monitored her heart as she was suffering from an irregular heartbeat. With her mother and brother at her side, and with abundant support and encouragement from her team of caregivers, Simyoulim slowly began to regain her strength and reached a major milestone when she was able to be successfully weaned from the ventilator.
Simyoulim’s speech pathologist ensured that she was able to swallow safely and use her voice again. This enabled Simyoulim to begin drinking and eating a modified diet at first, leading to a normal diet and being able to have the feeding tube and IV lines removed. Other major accomplishments included regaining the ability at first to sit up then get out of bed, and then walk and even climb stairs unassisted in the therapy gym. Her physical and occupational therapists were instrumental in helping Simyoulim regain her mobility and independence over the tasks of daily life and her positive attitude once again drew everyone to her side, helping her reach her next milestone.
By the time Simyoulim was discharged from Kindred to return home she was a different person and looked forward to some normalcy once again. “My mom and brother were my number one supporters,” Simyoulim expressed. “But everyone helped me fight my illness and my oncologist, Dr. Nandan, he found solutions and was there for me from day one. I was told I had six months to live – without him and all my caregivers I wouldn’t be here today.”
“There isn’t just one person that we can thank in particular because everyone was special and helped my daughter so much,” Simyoulim’s mother acknowledged. “Her doctors, therapists, nurses, CNAs and her speech therapist were incredibly helpful and I could tell that everyone loved my daughter.”