“Above and past.” That phrase got here to Mike Brzegowy just a few instances as he defined why he gave a present to the Indiana College Well being Bloomington Hospital Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab Fund in honor of his care workforce.
The nurses and clinicians who cared for him after his October coronary heart surgical procedure greater than exceeded what he anticipated.
“I’ve by no means had a greater expertise,” stated Brzegowy, an operations analysis analyst who resides in Bloomington. “And for that motive, I needed to give again. It’s my method of claiming thanks.”
For Brzegowy, this story begins in a standard method: a persistent case of heartburn and fatigue turned out to be a coronary heart downside. An EKG and stress check indicated a blockage. He scheduled a coronary heart catheterization just a few weeks out, however quickly found issues had been extra pressing. “They known as the subsequent day and stated, ‘Get in right here,’” Brzegowy stated.
After a catheterization and stent implantation at IU Well being Bloomington, Brzegowy’s worries had been eased by IU Well being Nurse Kylee Frye, whom he stated had a knack for explaining issues patiently, completely and in layman’s phrases. The time Frye spent with him and his spouse, Laura, made Brzegowy really feel the nurse really cared about his well being and his spouse’s concern, too.
“It was honest,” he stated. “Her character was a ten, remedy care was a ten, responsiveness was a ten, and her interplay with household was like an 11 or 12.”
In fact, Brzegowy’s surgical procedure was accomplished within the context of excessive COVID-19 affected person hundreds and a statewide nursing scarcity—a latest research by EMSI/Burning Glass stated there are some 4,000 open nursing positions throughout Indiana—however he stated that didn’t appear to have an effect on his care. “All the nurses had been caring, attentive and upbeat,” he stated.
Brzegowy additionally has particular reward for doctor assistant Julianne Frey, who not solely offered wonderful care after his surgical procedure, however actually got here by means of the subsequent day, when he confirmed up within the emergency room with chest ache. Frey acknowledged Brzegowy’s title on an admissions checklist, hurried to the ER and, with data of his situation, was in a position to come alongside the care workforce and assist them diagnose the issue and tackle it rapidly.
And that, he felt, added to an expertise that was, merely, above and past. “I’ll by no means have the ability to say thanks sufficient…however by giving to the Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Fund, I hope that others in an identical state of affairs could have the identical, excellent degree of care I acquired,” he stated.
Items just like the one Brzegowy made to the Cardio-Pulmonary Rehab Fund make all of the distinction for sufferers recovering from a cardiac occasion. “These contributions help tools and programming that empower our clinicians to ship wonderful coronary heart care,” says Diane Buzzell, IU Well being Basis philanthropy director.
Should you’d like to assist cardiovascular sufferers like Brzegowy, contact IU Well being Basis Improvement Officer Emily Trinkle at 812.345.5625.
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