Mrs. Robertson
Try, Try Again
Mrs. Robertson was placed on mechanical ventilation due to acute respiratory failure from chronic hypercapnia. After failing multiple weaning attempts, she transferred to Kindred Hospital Dallas Central. Once at Kindred, Mrs. Robertson’s therapy included using intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPBB) treatments for lung expansion and physical therapy while she was weaning from the ventilator.
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Mrs. Robertson faced many obstacles to be weaned from the ventilator and to be decanulated but with the help of our hardworking respiratory therapists, nursing department and physical therapy staff, we were able to help her breath on her own again. We are so proud of her and wish her the best as she continues to recover!
Amy
On A Journey to Recovery
Amy was admitted to Methodist Hospital Houston on September 10, 2015, and placed on mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure with tracheostomy as the result of a traumatic brain injury. Amy was then transferred to Nexus LTACH on October 4, but did not progress with treatment. She was moved to Kindred Dallas Central on October 12 in a vegetative state and with minimal neurological response.
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At Kindred Hospital Dallas Central, therapy included Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing (IPPB) treatments for lung expansion therapy, nutrition, wound care, pharmaceutical therapy, and supportive care.
She has since progressed and now has spontaneous and purposeful movement of her extremities. Amy also responds to verbal commands with medical staff and family. She was discharged on November 5, 2015, to rehab to continue her road to recovery.
Amy faced many obstacles to begin her recovery from a traumatic brain injury. But with the help of our hardworking respiratory therapist, nursing department, dietitian, pharmacy staff and physicians, we were able to help Amy make progress toward getting her life back.
The patient’s father said, “Kindred Dallas Central did an amazing job in helping my daughter begin her recovery from a traumatic brain injury.”
Mrs. Talley
Getting Her Life Back
Mrs. Talley was placed on mechanical ventilation in December 2015 as a result of acute respiratory failure from exacerbation of COPD. Weaning attempts at Medical City Dallas Hospital were unsuccessful and she was transferred to Kindred Dallas Central in January 2016 on a ventilator. Therapy for Mrs. Talley included IPPB treatments for lung expansion, and physical therapy while weaning from the ventilator.
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After only 11 days at Kindred Dallas Central, she was weaned off the ventilator. A few days after that, her breathing tube was removed. With the help of our hardworking respiratory therapist, nursing department and physical therapy staff we were able to help Mrs. Talley breath on her own again.
She’s very grateful for her newfound independence. “Kindred Dallas Central helped me get my life back,” she said.
John
Everyone Worked Together
John was working on his farm. He hopped off his tractor to shut a gate and his tractor kept moving.
“I tried to jump on it, like a dummy, and fell,” John said. “The tractor ran over me.”
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He was immobilized with broken bones, fractured ribs and a punctured lung.
“Somehow I was able to wiggle around and get the cell phone out of my pocket,” he said. He called his wife, and within an hour a medical helicopter was taking him to a short-term acute care hospital.
He stayed there in the Intensive Care Unit for seven weeks and was then admitted to Kindred Hospital.
“Really, by that point he was still in critical condition,” his wife said. “He was totally dependent on a ventilator to breathe. The people at the hospital had done everything they could – we just needed to go somewhere where they had expertise in caring for vent patients.”
Almost immediately, the caregivers at Kindred Hospital began rehabilitation therapy and the process of weaning John from the ventilator.
“He had been on his back for seven weeks, and gradually they kept having him do a little more at a time,” his wife said. “The walking helped him strengthen his lungs.”
“I felt like I was making progress, absolutely,” John said. “I’d heard of Kindred before, but I didn’t really know what they did.”
Six weeks later, John was released to home care to fully recover.
“By the time we left, he was walking, breathing, swallowing and eating,” his wife said. “And it was the teamwork that was great.”
“The care was excellent,” John said. “Everybody knew what they were doing and everybody worked together.”
“Just excellent.”