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nurturing health spotlight rehab buddy shares hope As soon as Rose Wright recovered from her stroke in 2006, she knew she had to help As a hospital volunteer, others in the same situation. “If I can bring you can make a differa ray of sunshine into someone’s life, then ence in lives of others. For more that’s enough for me,” says the 57-year-old information, call the volunteer Colorado Springs resident. offices at Penrose-St. Francis For two years, Wright has volunteered as Health Service, 719-776-5267; a Rehab Buddy at Penrose-St. Francis Health St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, Services. In this role, she is partnered with 719-557-5680; or St. Thomas a patient going through rehabilitation, usuMore Hospital, 719-285-2104. ally a person who has had a stroke. She visits them twice a week, sharing her own story and encouragement through the process. Wright often gets questions about issues that only someone who has lived through the experience can understand and answer. Was she scared when she left the hospital? When could she walk again? How did she tie her shoes? “It’s the little things you don’t think of that can really be upsetting. By telling them my experience, it helps them know that they can get through it,” Wright says. “I like to wear jewelry, but I had to wear the same pair of earrings for months because my fine motor skills were not good enough to change them. It’s those kind of things that may not sound important, but they make a difference.” Every buddy she has been assigned has been special to her. She cried with the woman whose husband wanted a divorce after her stroke. She laughed with the man whose mantra was, “I will overcome.” And she still thinks about the woman whom she couldn’t persuade to talk. “I think about what other questions I could have asked her or how I could have reached her,” Wright says. The Rehab Buddies is a nineyear-old program that pairs rehab survivors with new rehab patients. The buddies use their hard-earned “credentials” of having had a stroke, paralysis or other condition requiring rehab to bring hope to people who are facing rehab. The buddies receive ongoing training and education. Penrose-St. Francis Health Services 2222 N. Nevada Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-776-5000 · penrosestfrancis.org A St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center volunteer! go 1008 Minnequa Ave. · Pueblo, CO 81004 719-557-4000 · stmarycorwin.org St. Thomas More Hospital 1338 Phay Ave. · Cañon City, CO 81212 719-285-2000 · stmhospital.org Regional Editor Wendi Dammann, Regional Director, Strategic Marketing & Communications Centura Health Mission statement: We extend the healing ministry of Christ by caring for those who are ill and by nurturing the health of the people in our communities. 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Vim & Vigor - Summer 2009
Healthy Steps
Nurturing Health
Contents
Finally... Relief from Pain
Helping Hearts
Take Action
Check Your Tech
Small Wonders
Positively Healthy
On the Cover
Culinary Cures
In a Heartbeat
Make it Last
Safe Harbor
5 Million Lives
Under the Cyberknife
Around the Region
Ask the Experts
Community Connections
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