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“That first week, I gave my wife my laptop and gave her all the passwords, told her where all our accounts and the life-insurance policies were,” Healy explains.
Healy notes that Williams and the rest of the clinical staff “gave it to me straight. I appreciated that they were being honest about my progress and there was no sugarcoating.”
He was given two plasma infusions and two doses of remdesivir. The first dose offered mild improvement; the second had a greater impact.
To help combat the virus, Healy also needed to stay in a prone position—chest down—for much of his stay in the Hospital. Healy recalls his respiratory therapist, Jungsun Shin, taking time to help him get into the correct position. “She was so patient and gentle,” he says. “And from that point on, my breathing improved dramatically.”
Despite some relief from proning and the medical treatment he was receiving, COVID kept a tight grasp on Healy. “Days turned into weeks,” says Williams of his condition. “It just took a really long time for him to heal.”
Throughout that time, Healy maintains that
the Hospital staff’s care and compassion were a constant source of help and hope. Especially without family visitation, he came to rely on the friendly communication to keep his spirits up. “Kimi would come in to check on me all the time. The nurses and techs came in every few hours to take my vitals and to help make me comfortable. They made sure I was soothed and calm. And everyone made time to chat,” Healy says.
One last bit of above-and-beyond care occurred toward the end of Healy’s stay, when a Hospital social worker, Nicole DeVivo, was able to secure him a spot at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital despite complexities with Healy’s insurance company. Healy spent eight days at Burke before finally going home in mid-January.
Returning to White Plains Hospital for the Hospital’s Day of Hope celebration on March 9, 2021, Healy was able to reunite with some of his former caregivers and share his gratitude. “I told them, ‘Thank you for saving my life. Without the level of care and professionalism I received at your Hospital, I would not be here today,’” he notes. “I’m alive, and that’s an amazing thing to be able to say.”
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“I’M ALIVE, AND THAT’S AN AMAZING THING
TO BE ABLE TO SAY.”