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Cyndi Reusch positioned herself beside the horse, stretched her arms around him as instructed and leaned into him for the belly hug. She stood there listening to his heartbeat, feeling his warmth. When I did that, she says, I just breathed.
Reusch, a St. Elizabeth nurse, is among Greater Cincinnati frontline COVID-19 caregivers that have been offered ways to pause, to reflect, to express and to catch their emotional breaths. Across the region, hospitals are creating therapeutic programs, providing emotional support and offering assistance to their staffs to ease pressures that come with caring for the sick and dying during a pandemic.