The patient used a pen and paper to communicate with Nurse Sase and asked him to “play the violin in the hospital. What do you think of my wife bringing my violin?”
Although the request required some planning and approval from the direction of the hospital unit, the nurse was able to comply with Grover’s request, who played church hymns and the ‘Waltz of Tennessee’.
“It left me with tears in my eyes. For the whole team, seeing a patient do this while intubated was unbelievable,” said Sase. “Despite being so sick, he was still able to touch and I realized how much it means to him “, he concluded.
Intensive Care Unit staff gathered near that patient’s room to hear him. “It was really beautiful and chilling to hear it. It felt like a dream,” said several professionals.
The infected with coronavirus managed to give some “shows” until he needed sedation, due to the severity of the disease evolution.
Diana, a wife of Grove for 47 years, told CNN that she was not surprised by her partner’s attitude. “He is just like that. I wanted to thank everyone, for everything they have done for them,” said Diana. The couple contracted the virus in early October, but while the woman managed to recover, the evolution of the disease in Grove was completely different.
“It’s true. It affects so many people and always differently,” he continued.
Wilhelmsen spent a month in the hospital with a ventilator before being transferred to a long-term intensive care unit last week.
Diana Wilhelmsen was unable to see her husband in the hospital due to restrictions on visitors, but at this point they can already be seen through the window of the health center. Diana confessed that he waits for his companion to return home for Christmas.
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