Just keep fighting : How COVID-19 tore through one Iowa family
As Thong Sengphirom fights the coronavirus, her family gathers digitally and at her side, making tough decisions from across the internet.
Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register
Published
9:58 pm UTC Apr. 5, 2021
Editor s note: Over the past few months, Mary Greeley Medical Center opened its doors to the Des Moines Register, allowing us to tell stories of dedication, sacrifice, exhaustion, loss, pain and joy from inside the hospital. Read the series from the beginning here.
AMES, Iowa Thong Sengphirom is groggy and delirious.
Despite her rapid shallow breaths, her diaphragm pumping like she’s yelling into the wind, her voice is wispy and faint. She’s barely audible over the hubbub of nurses moving beds and equipment and therapists attaching lines and monitors as they transfer her to the ICU.
Ames Tribune
A radiologist at McFarland Clinic in Ames has authored a book to help people who have a problem with food getting stuck in their esophagus when they eat.
Doug Lake, MD, published the book titled “Esophagus Attack! The 3-Step Method to Enjoy Eating Again,” based on steps he developed due to his own experience with the painful, emotionally taxing medical condition.
Lake s troubles with eating first began Thanksgiving 18 years ago while he was in medical school. He started the day with a Turkey Trot run, a holiday tradition of running a 5K, Lake said.
Lake hadn’t eaten much that day, and by the time the turkey feast rolled around, he was famished. He immediately reached for a piece of dark meat and took a big bite.
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An Iowa hospital ‘under siege’: Courage, sorrow, exhaustion and worry inside an ICU fighting the coronavirus
For nearly a year, Iowa s doctors and nurses have fought to save every COVID-19 patient. They fear another surge, but charge forward.
Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register
Published
9:12 pm UTC Mar. 8, 2021
Editor s note: Over the past few months, Mary Greeley Medical Center opened its doors to the Des Moines Register, allowing us to tell stories of dedication, sacrifice, exhaustion, loss, pain and joy from inside the hospital.
AMES, Iowa Julie Scebold said a prayer as she tried to find calm at the bottom of her coffee cup.