From News Nation:
“Arkansas
nurse hikes a mile in the snow to treat patients stuck at home”
As people
across large parts of the country are stuck indoors, one Arkansas nurse is
determined to continue seeing her patients. She’s risking her life on the
roads, to save theirs. “We live on one of the steepest hills in the Village,”
said Destiny Rodgers, a home health patient. For the last three years, Rodgers
has battled a rare disorder. She spends her days at her home in Hot Springs
Village, hooked up to an IV and a port. “I have a very rare disorder called
MALS; I am typically on an IV every day just for my fluids and the vitamins I
need,” Rodgers explained. Rodgers says when the winter storm blasted the state,
she worried her nurse wouldn’t be able to make it to her neighborhood.
Nearly 11
inches of snow fell at her home on Monday. However, that did not stop Rodgers’s
nurse, Patsy Lewis, from getting to her. “I could wind up in the hospital so
fast if Patsy doesn’t do these visits because what she does ultimately keeps me
from being in the hospital as much as I used to be,” said Rodgers. “That’s when
I told Patsy … the only way we are going to get up there is hike up the hill,”
said Jay Lewis, Patsy’s husband. The two trekked through nearly a mile of snow
to make it to Rodgers’ home after their truck got stuck on the road.
^ That is true
dedication to both your job and to helping others. ^
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