In Episode 4 of Laugh at the Odds Podcast with Heidi and Dave, we explore what it’s like for three healthcare warriors to work with COVID patients while grieving and healing from their own losses. Through our show, we give them a platform to share their experiences, and hold space for them as they talk about not just the challenges they face as recent widows, but also process how their own experiences with loss have helped them become better nurses and social workers who interface daily with patients nearing end of life, as well as the loved ones who are facing tough decisions and difficult days ahead.
ABOUT OUR GUESTS:
Jillian Bosinius is 43 years old and her journey began when Tony passed suddenly in January 2019. She has been a Social Worker in the field of Long Term Care for 22 years. She has experience working with those persons who have suffered a life changing health event requiring rehabilitation as well as those who are at the end of their life. Another avenue of her career includes being an EMT since 2000. The experience of these careers coupled together has allowed her to see life and loss from a unique viewpoint. Neither of those could have prepared her for the lessons she would learn navigating this pandemic without the love and support of her significant other by her side.
Karen Leibowitz was married to Eliot for 3 years, and together for six. He passed away 6 months ago in August 2020, after suffering from pancreatic cancer. Karen is a Registered Nurse on a telemetry unit for a Long Island hospital. She works with all types of patients who require continuous cardiac and oxygen monitoring including COVID- positive patients.
Dorothy Michaels was married to Stu Michaels for 15 years and together for 22. Stu passed away of lung cancer in June 2020, after being sick for 9 months. She is an Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner with a sub specialty and certification in Wound and Ostomy care. She works in an acute care hospital on Long Island.
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