My husband was in the hospital for more than 3 months and unfortunately developed a pressure injury during his stay. The Wound Ostomy Continence (WOC) team was involved in J's care throughout his stay in BGH ICU and then K4. The entire UHS team was excellent and I want to personally recognize Nancy Kirchner RN for being compassionate, collaborative, and including me in J's care.

I am a Critical Care Nurse and understand the severity of illness for a patient to have COVID, be intubated, and then for a stage IV pressure injury to develop. J's prognosis was not positive but everyone on his care team gave him a chance and did what they knew to do. I am recognizing Nancy because she was the one who was there for me, therefore, for J. Nancy was the one who showed me the pressure injury to his buttocks for the first time and it was huge. J required a wound vac for months. I appreciated the continuum of care that Nancy provided and the relationship J and I developed with her. Nancy taught me how to care for J and his wound so that he could eventually be discharged home. I felt it was important to let Nancy, the Wound Care team, and UHS know that J's pressure injury is now healed.