Success Stories

He remained at the facility until his condition was stabilized and he could be transferred to Kindred Hospital Northland. On arrival he was still dependent on the vent and his interdisciplinary team for all his needs, and he was also disoriented, confused and restless. With diligent care he began to recover his cognition and participated actively in his respiratory therapy sessions. John’s first milestone was reached on the day he was able to breathe on his own without mechanical assistance, and he was soon able to begin drinking and eating a regular diet. He then made excellent progress as his strength and mobility improved with help from his occupational and physical therapists. Highly motivated and determined to recover, John eagerly performed exercises in his bed between therapy sessions to speed up his recovery, and soon after was able to start doing the tasks of daily life and stand up and walk with assistance.

“Jill and Moises were amazing and always went above and beyond,” John shared before he was discharged. “I can’t wait to walk, drive my car on my own and be independent.”

She had to be admitted to an acute care facility when she became ill and began to experience difficulty breathing as well as a severe fever, dizziness and nausea. Karen was placed on a ventilator and remained at the acute care facility until she could be transferred to Kindred Hospital Northland where she could receive respiratory therapy and rehabilitation. She began to receive care and support from her interdisciplinary team at Kindred as her respiratory therapists helped her regain her lung strength and wean her from the vent. Now able to breathe normally, Karen was very motivated to recover and she worked hard with her rehab team. As she steadily became stronger and reclaimed her fine motor skills and mobility, Karen went from being dependent on her caregivers for all her needs to being able to sit up and start to take care of the tasks of daily life before being discharged to complete her journey to recovery and return home.

“The staff at Kindred have the amazing ability to help you understand what your body is telling you – especially when you can’t even speak for yourself,” Karen shared. “I was kept in great spirits by their humor and positive attitudes. I wish I could mention all staff by name but the list would be just too long! I feel incredibly blessed that Kindred was here when I needed it.”

He was admitted to an acute care facility where he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was placed on a ventilator. He remained at the facility until he was stabilized and was able to be transferred to Kindred Hospital Northland for respiratory therapy and rehabilitation. Weak and still dependent on the ventilator, Calvin started to work with his respiratory therapists and responded very well to his treatments. As he regained his lung strength he was gradually weaned from the ventilator until he only required supplemental oxygen to support his recovery. Calvin then started his physical and occupational rehabilitation and here too made excellent progress. By the time he was ready to be discharged, Calvin was able to walk with a rolling walker, manage the tasks of daily life, and was happy to once again be able to eat and drink a regular diet.

“I’m looking forward to getting back to normal and being independent again,” Calvin shared before he was discharged. “Everyone at Kindred has been encouraging, supportive and helpful. Moises and Jill were very helpful and encouraging and not only providing great care, but also by being funny and making me laugh.”

He was dependent on a ventilator and had several underlying conditions that presented additional challenges to his recovery. Under the care of an interdisciplinary team, he began to receive intensive respiratory therapy to strengthen his lungs. As he improved, he became more alert and oriented and engaged with his recovery. Bruce began to make steady progress until he was able to be weaned successfully from the ventilator, and then he worked hard with his rehab team to reclaim his mobility and independence. By the time he was ready to be discharged from Kindred, Bruce was well on his way to a full recovery and his wound care nurse had successfully healed his remaining wounds.

“I don’t remember anything that happened to me before coming to Kindred,” Bruce shared. “Words cannot express the gratitude my family and I have for the doctors, nurses and everyone on staff for everything you did for me. You treated me with dignity, respect and kindness throughout my stay and helped me overcome the many challenges and setbacks I faced on the road to recovery. I now look forward to getting back to a normal life with my family and friends.”

He was admitted to a local hospital where he was found to have COVID-19 that caused him to have acute respiratory failure brought on by pneumonia, and he had to be placed on a ventilator. He remained at the acute care facility for just under two months before he was finally stable enough to be transferred to Kindred Hospital Northland. Jon immediately began to receive aggressive respiratory therapy and responded quickly, progressing to being able to breathe on his own with only supplemental oxygen to support his recovery as he began to participate more actively in his physical and occupational rehabilitation. Now able to talk with his own voice, drink and eat a normal diet, and stand up and walk with only the aid of a walker, Jon was eager to continue with the last phase of his rehabilitation before going home with his wife, Diana.

“I have improved greatly during my stay here at Kindred,” Jon affirmed before he was discharged. “I believe my story would have been better and shorter had I come here first. My goal now is to recover completely so I can cut more wood and get back to work.”

She began her recovery at the acute care facility before being transferred to Kindred Hospital Louisville where she could receive respiratory therapy and rehabilitation. Although Pamela also required wound care and antibiotic therapy to treat an infection, she made very rapid progress and was off the ventilator in a matter of days. She then made incredible strides in her physical therapy sessions, regaining her mobility and independence – goals that she and her team had set to allow her to return home and back to her life as a custom card maker, craftswoman and Sunday school teacher.

“I loved the care I received from the nursing staff and how well they work together as a team,” Pamela shared. “I am grateful they took the time to get to know me and listen to a lot of my life stories!”

Her physicians were able to stabilize her condition, allowing Sharron be transferred and she then was brought to Kindred Hospital Northland for respiratory therapy and rehabilitation.

After a couple of weeks of intensive respiratory therapy, Sharron was able to be successfully weaned from the ventilator. She also completed her IV antibiotic treatment and began to make progress with her physical and occupational therapists toward regaining her strength and mobility. Sharron was very motivated to get better and she put her heart into all her therapy sessions.

After her breathing tube was removed and she was cleared by her speech pathologist to begin drinking and eating again, the feeding tube was removed. Sharron was now able to get up from bed and continued to improve by the time she was discharged to continue her recovery and her goal to return home. “I’m looking forward to hugging my neighbors and my three cats,” Sharron affirmed. “I’m also looking forward to sleeping in my own bed and enjoying my deck with a nice cup of coffee.”

In the ER he was heroically saved by skilled interventions from his physicians and nurses, although the damage to his neck and the fractures he sustained in his cervical vertebrae would leave him unable to move his arms or legs. He began his recovery in the ICU until he was stabilized and Dalton depended on a ventilator to support his lungs as well as a feeding tube for nutrition. When he was sufficiently stable to be transferred, Dalton was brought to Kindred Hospital Northland to begin aggressive respiratory therapy, continuation of medical care and specialized rehabilitation to enable the full potential of his recovery.

Understandably overwhelmed by the challenges he was facing, Dalton was having a difficult time at the beginning and was not very motivated to put much effort into his recovery; but with diligent care, support and encouragement from his team and his physician he turned his attitude around and his recovery finally started to show signs of progress.

When Dalton was liberated once and for all from the ventilator and could breathe on his own, it was a moment for all to celebrate. Soon after this success his breathing tube was removed and his speech pathologist then guided Dalton to regain his voice, swallow safely and begin to progress toward resuming a regular diet.

“I was having a rough time of it at first,” Dalton shared just before he was discharged to continue his recovery before finally going home. “But Dr. Patel had a great talk with me and my attitude changed after that. I just want to get home, get the healing process going and spend time with my girlfriend and family. Looking ahead I want to do some motivational speaking.”

One day she was found on the floor with abnormally high levels of blood sugar. At the hospital, Rosalind was placed on a ventilator to support her lungs and given a feeding tube to administer nutrition and she started IV antibiotic treatment.

When she was stable she was transferred to Kindred Hospital Northland to begin respiratory therapy and rehabilitation. Initially Rosalind’s respiratory team had to address her pneumonia as they began to strengthen her lungs and she began to make steady progress until she was able to be taken off the ventilator and complete her IV treatments. Rosalind was also struggling with cognition and anxiety, which complicated the early part of her treatment at Kindred, but her team encouraged her and helped her manage her anxiety which enabled her to finally wean from the ventilator successfully.

Rosalind reached another milestone when the breathing tube was removed and she was guided by her speech therapist to safely swallow again, allowing her to begin to drink and eat a normal diet. Her mobility improved during her stay at Kindred as well and Rosalind was once again able to stand up and walk with some assistance and a rolling walker. “The first thing I’m going to do when I get home is hug my entire family!” Rosalind expressed. “Then I plan on redecorating my home. I am grateful for the care I got here at Kindred Northland which has been absolutely 100% the best care ever.”