Mary Lou Carrington, RN, OCN, has been our guardian angel and guiding mild since my 81-year-old husband was identified with acute myeloid leukemia on Dec. 21, 2022. At first, we had been so overwhelmed by this analysis and didn’t know the best way to handle this new part in our lives. We knew we might be happening a really tough journey with a lot of twists and turns.
With assist and recommendation given by Mary Lou, we had been in a position to schedule my husband’s chemo injections, port insertion, blood attracts, transfusions, bone marrow biopsies, saline IVs and CT scans. Mary Lou made this course of work effectively and successfully by “navigating” the method with the oncology workers. As well as, Mary Lou supplied us data concerning the supply of monetary assist, free courses by means of the Institute for Well being and Therapeutic, and the Most cancers Wellness program.
Furthermore, she helped me with self-care by recommending weekly Zoom assembly for caregivers: Mindfulness Meditation Courses and a Caregiver’s Help. These two weekly conferences made a world of distinction in serving to me with our acute myeloid leukemia journey.
At any time when I had questions or considerations concerning my husband’s signs and unwanted effects, Mary Lou was all the time out there by phone, electronic mail or in individual. Her lovely smile and helpful word pad had been all the time there once we wanted her most on the infusion heart. Just lately my husband had a horrible toothache, and Mary Lou helped to expedite the method with our dentist, by confirming that my husband may take the required antibiotics. And he or she helped schedule the appointment for the extraction.
Mary Lou constantly saves the day with effectivity, effectiveness and experience. We have now repeatedly advised our oncologist that Mary Lou is such an exquisite oncology nurse, and he replies, “I want I may clone her.”
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