04/14/2026
Weāre so grateful for your kind words. Itās an honor to care for your mom. Wishing her continued strength and recovery!š
Baptist Health Bethesda Hospital
For the last 33 days, the tiny but freaking mighty hospital/ICU named BETHESDA WEST has used every Herculean measure to keep my Mom alive... & SUCCEEDED. They literally saved her. They saved her again. They saved yet again. They refused to ever let anything get in the way of my motherās recovery. In my life I have met many heroes, but none as supreme as the medical staff & leadership at this hospital.
To Doctor Keith Foster, thank you for your tireless leadership, your restless nights & your constant communication. Thank you to Anna Rosacker & Betty Pelissier for always steering the ship and Joe Natoli for always checking in on us. To my Momās surgeon, Doctor Rennie Martinez, I donāt know that I have ever met a surgeon as confident and as reassuring and as brilliant as you. Please feel free to cut me open whenever you think itās bestš. To the tireless team of Internists including: Singh, Baum, Palumbo, Loufti, Breit, Kessler and the many others, thank you for always caring and always fighting to keep Mom stable. I need to give a special thanks to Respiratory: Respiratory team: Mera Broktor, Herve ,Sherick, Lavern,, Christian, Merci, Patrick, Randy, and Yesina (& I know Iām missing people but know we love you!)
I want to thank the incredible neurology team (Rosenbaum and Dragomir) , cardiology team (Dr. Goldgrab and Heller), infectious disease team (Kiminyo), OT/PT (Jason, Benjamin, Kelly, Adeline, and Dorothy); Dr. Mehta from gastro & the residents like Justin and Jen and our nighttime hero Josh Heatwole. Then there is the nursing staff. I never really understood until now that these are the people who truly are the Avengers of the ICU system.There are simply too many names to mention, but I need to thank Michelle, Karen, Kayla, Lucien, Diana, Odette, Julio, and Anide. Also, a special thanks to David at security who brightened our morning every day & asked about my Mom.
Finally, to our amazing medical friends who helped steer the ship from afar. Thank you to my brothers & ; to my incredible surrogate sisters & Doctors Green, Merenda & Spirt. Now off to REHABššŖ