Gloria: Life Saving Treatment
Gloria, 55, became extremely ill after surgery at a short-term acute care hospital to repair her colon. Post-operatively, Gloria had multiple fistulas, post surgical complications, as well as associated infections. Gloria also had a 40-year medical history with chronic pain syndrome.
On November 17, Gloria was admitted to Kindred Hospital Bay Area – Tampa for continued care. She remained at Kindred Hospital for 71 days on TPN in chronic pain due to her many medical complications
On January 27, Gloria returned to the short-term acute care hospital for multiple additional surgeries to repair her fistulas and the many other complications resulting from her previous colostomy reversal that November.
Having completed her course of surgeries, Gloria returned to Kindred Hospital Bay Area – Tampa once again for continued care and extended recovery time on March 5. From this point her road to recovery could truly begin.
After evaluation by Kindred’s interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, therapists and specialists, Gloria began receiving physical, occupational, and speech therapies for activities of daily living, retraining, dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing), and balance/gait disturbances.
With therapies, Gloria achieved independence for all activities of daily living, transfers, mobility, and gait, and was discharged home on an oral pureed diet. Physicians worked closely with Nursing, Pain Management, her dietician, and Pharmacy to get Gloria on a regimen of pain medicine, nutrition, and self-management for a successful transition back to home with her supportive husband.
Gloria discharged from Kindred Hospital Bay Area – Tampa after a total of 111 days. Gloria’s Case Manager described the experience with Kindred Hospital as “life-saving”.
Gloria and her husband agreed that they could have never made it back home independently without the diligent, compassionate care and tireless efforts of the staff at Kindred.
Thank you, Gloria, for allowing us to serve you.
Kindred Hospital Bay Area – Tampa’s success is apparent in stories like this as well as in our quality scores – our patients and families rate our quality of care at 97.8 percent and over 99 percent would recommend Kindred. Kindred Hospital Bay Area – Tampa is part of a network of three Kindred hospitals in Central Florida, including Kindred Hospital Bay Area – St. Petersburg and Kindred Hospital Central Tampa.