I would like to take a moment of your time to praise one of your employees! My husband has had many health challenges since September 2014. He was diagnosed with severe allergic asthma and his doctor prescribed Xolair injections to help lessen his sensitivity to his lung allergy triggers. These injections are given at Memorial Hospital in the Outpatient Infusion Unit within the Oncology department. He received shots on several occasions without incident. However, at his appointment on December 11, 2014, as his vitals were being taken, Jennifer Freeman, the attending RN noticed that his pulse rate was very fast. She called his prescribing doctor and it was decided that she walk him over to the Emergency Department. He was given an EKG and it showed he was in atrial fibrillation. This was a very surprising diagnosis for us because much other testing to find his problem had shown that his heart was fine. Jennifer said she would stay in her unit until it was decided if it would be safe for her to administer his Xolair injection.

About 20 minutes after her normal quitting time she was called from the Infusion Department into the Emergency Department and allowed to administer the injection! I can't help but feel that Jennifer truly saved his life! She certainly went above and beyond to make sure my husband was well cared for and in the right hands for treatment. Although he was not happy to be in the Emergency Dept., he was seen quickly, diagnosed quickly and treated quickly. Dr. C and staff made sure my husband was feeling better within minutes! We had been trying to identify the cause of why he was sometimes feeling badly for many months. But it was truly Jennifer that saved the day. We cannot thank her enough and wanted you to know your employees are doing excellent work!