OGDEN – Gaylene Greener clearly remembers when she discovered she had stage 4 colon most cancers.
“I used to be identified in September 2014,” she mentioned. “It had metastasized to my liver. (The physician) instructed me that my life was in peril and that I wanted to get on chemo as quickly as attainable.”
Greener, from Corinne, began weekly therapy at a small clinic. However a couple of years in, she began listening to whispers.
“We might hear, ‘They’re going to construct a brand new area for all of your most cancers sufferers. They usually’re going to do all these fantastic issues.’ And I simply stored pondering, ‘Effectively, that’s actually cool. And it may be in a few years. I’ll in all probability by no means reside lengthy sufficient,’” she mentioned.
Greene (proper) talking together with her healthcare skilled about her most cancers therapy. (Courtesy Gaylene Greener)
Quick ahead to March, and Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital formally opened its new, state-of-the-art most cancers middle.
“I used to be actually glad after I got here in and noticed how a lot thought had been put into that,” Greener mentioned. “As a affected person, I reside it, and I do know the individuals who deliberate this in all probability weren’t sufferers, so I’m glad they put a lot thought into serving to us be comfy.”
The brand new area is situated on the primary ground of the hospital. The middle consists of comfy seating for sufferers who’re there for hours at a time, colourful paintings, and a number of other home windows to usher in pure mild. It additionally elevated infusion bays from 8 to 12 and chemotherapy infusion bays from 16 to 24.
A crew of nurses, oncologists, pharmacists, social employees, and dieticians collaborate collectively for every particular person.
“The individuals right here make you are feeling like each time you stroll via the door, you’re a VIP,” Greener mentioned.
Sufferers receiving most cancers therapies on the new Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital most cancers middle. (KSL TV)
“Our crew is superb,” mentioned Jennifer Lucas, a nurse and the infusion supervisor for Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital’s Most cancers Middle. “They maintain the sufferers’ palms; they assist calm them. They educate them as to what’s going to occur. That’s one of many largest keys to our care right here is the connection constructing.”
It’s that personalised care that has made all of the distinction for sufferers like Greener.
“After I thought I used to be going to die inside weeks, I’ve survived for ten years,” Greener mentioned. “This has been a miracle place for me. No person desires to have most cancers. But when you must have most cancers, that is the place you wish to be.”
Intermountain Well being mentioned the brand new most cancers middle was funded by generations of donations. For extra info on the middle, you’ll be able to go to the hospital’s web site.