Bobbi's Success Story
"Trust in God when he is all you have.”
- Bobbi
On December 6, Bobbi was out running errands just as she did any given day. She was behind a car stopped at a traffic light. The car pulled up, turned on a street and stopped. Bobbi said, “It was like they were waiting on me”.
She believes it was the driver of the car when she passed, who shot her in the neck. She said it felt like electricity was going through her body. Bobbi thought that she had hit something like an electric pole, and she was being electrocuted. It wasn’t until the fire trucks came that she heard one man say, “We have to get her out quick she has been shot in the neck.”
Bobbi lost consciousness and when she woke up, she was on a vent and unable to move or feel from her upper chest down.
When she arrived at Kindred Northland Hospital (KNH) she was on a vent and had a trach and peg tube for breathing and eating. She had a lot of struggles while on the vent and during her weaning trials. Bobbi was very anxious and would often complain of not being able to breathe. The Respiratory Therapist (RT) continued her weaning trials, and she became more relaxed and able to do more. She said that Paul (RT) gave her a lot of encouragement and she feels that he is the reason she was able to be vent-liberated in such a short time frame. While Bobbi still has the trach and oxygen in place, she can eat meals now and is continuing her therapy and making great progress and shares that she is thankful for everyone who has been involved in her care.
Bobbi asked that we share something that happened to her one night. “I know that some people will be doubters, but while I was lying in my room, I felt the presence of God touching my stomach and letting me know everything was going to be ok,” she shares. “I felt a sense of peace and knew I was on my way to recovery.”
Care for Complex Conditions
Patients come to our hospitals with serious conditions such as respiratory failure, complex wounds, sepsis, stroke, congestive heart failure, or even a combination of these. Their diagnoses are often complicated by existing health problems like diabetes or COPD. Many of our patients require treatments such as mechanical ventilators, dialysis, or IV therapy.