Eleni Debickero
July 2023
Eleni
Debickero
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BSN, RN
7 East
Mayo Clinic Arizona
Phoenix
,
AZ
United States

 

 

 

Eleni loves to teach and interpreted my test results for me. She helped provide me with good questions for my doctors.
I am a fragile, severely weakened 70-year-old who suffers from malabsorption in my gut. I am severely malnourished and look like I came from a refugee camp that delivered little or no food. Eleni was delightful, always asking how she could help and always there quickly when I beeped her. Her attitude filled the room with good vibes, good energy, and her willingness to be of service to others. I was depressed and shocked by the diagnosis of my severely malnourished condition. Eleni's positive energy, attitude, and body language all helped me align to a positive state for healing and gaining weight. Eleni loves to teach and interpreted my test results for me. She helped provide me with good questions for my doctors. I feel very lucky that I received such personalized health care that began a step-by-step process of feeling stronger and gaining weight. She was most encouraging to walk and to move and showed me where I could walk. I averaged 1.5 to 1.7 miles/day after my first day of surgery. Thank you, Eleni, for your dedication to the nursing profession. You are a gift to the patients you care for as well as to the Mayo team.