On petri dishes, it shows some antiviral effects as well including against COVID but it’s at 100 times the concentration that we use routinely in humans.
“They put in so many hours of contact tracing and bus seating charts and protocols, it’s they have seriously gone above and beyond to do this for these athletes,” said Martin.
New medical research is showing 11 percent of women who receive a covid vaccine, have an immune response in their lymph nodes, enlarging them. Avera Breast Surgeon Doctor Michelle Bryan says those are the same lymph nodes that drain the breast.
“We didn’t know at first that you could look fine, and still have COVID to pass it on. It’s COVID fault, means the virus’s fault. So, no virus nobody gets sick,” said Ling.
“I was really impressed this last time with the, you know, state-of-the-art things that they’re getting into the hospital, they’re especially in a smaller town like Mitchell,” said Flood.
About one in 25 people in the United States will develop colon cancer. It’s the number three cause of cancer in men and women, and the number two cause of cancer death.
It’s actually adding additional tax subsidies for a larger percentage of the population, because of the reduced thresholds to get those premium assistance dollars. So, overall, what we’re seeing is it really is going to make healthcare coverage, extremely affordable to a majority of South Dakotans.
“You can decide to lay here, and end up in a nursing home or you can get your butt out of bed. I’ve never worked so hard in my life on anything. It’s my job now,” said Auch.
“I had hallucinations,” said Auch. “They had my wrists tied down, so I couldn’t pull my tube out. I was fighting to get out of the torture that was going through. They’re calling it PTSD.”
“Some are in wheelchairs and some are using walkers and some are using canes, but they’re traveling they’re doing all those things that I didn’t want to lose, and being around those people inspired me to be the best person I can be with Ms,” said Snyders.
“When you’re having more bad days and good days, you’re having trouble putting on your pants, putting on your socks and shoes, going up and down steps, doing your simple activities of daily living, and you’re tired of suffering, that’s the time to come in,” said Dr. Hagy.
Practically what that means is as the percent immunized is going up, we’ll start opening things up more and more. And if the numbers start to rise we’ll know that we have to wait a little bit until we get some more people immunized before we can open up to that degree. And so it’s going to be a little bit of trial and error as we go through this spring into summer.
“I really believe that there are people walking the streets of Gettysburg today who are alive, because of that expertise provided from that eCARE source,” said Fr. Kopel. “To have that available to us is a great blessing. To have that available to us is a great blessing from the perspective of not only patient but as a pastor, it’s a really wonderful tool.”
“It serves not only this county but the adjacent counties. The trade area is probably 40 to 45 miles. This a 50-year pay-it-forward project. It will definitely save lives in the future,” said Smith.
Know what your baseline is. Know what’s consistent for you. Know what your typical numbers are. Know what your normals are and if something’s abnormal, particularly if you’re not feeling normal, that’s when you should see your doctor.
“I ended up in the hospital and then he came in and admitted himself. And the doctor come back in and he said he definitely has COVID-19. He said, we’re going to keep him overnight so you will keep you both,” said Netta.
“And target more than one thing with one treatment. And that’s often why we take a pretty complete history with the patient so that we can kind of tailor their treatments specific to their needs,” said Dr. Flickema.
I think the biggest problem is right away, everyone’s really motivated, maybe a little bit too motivated to cut out too much. So we want to pull back on foods that are not necessary, but not so much that you’re in a starvation level. That’s unsustainable. And that actually detracts from your health, in the long term.
“I looked up and everybody had tears in their eyes and I said what’s... why is everybody so sad, you know I made it okay. And they said, well we just shocked you back to life,” said Thompson.
“And with COVID once again, the studies have not been done to see how well it prevented you from ever getting COVID. It just looked at whether or not patients became symptomatic and then if they develop symptoms and they were tested for COVID,”
The Arts and Healing program at Avera is a welcome distraction from the IV drip. Darwin Wolf is one of the artists involved with the program. Today he’s showing Ashley and her husband Zach something new. He hands them modeling clay and shows them how to make petals that come together to make a rosebud.
“It’s designed for anyone who would like to become more active. It helps teach them stretching, strengthening, aerobic, and balance activities and then incorporates them into one’s daily life,” said Hildebrandt.
“But I believe immunizations are very important, and getting our at-risk people right now immunized and helping them. And in the long run, helping to control the pandemic by getting people immunized and developing some herd immunity,” said Heiling.
The biggest thing that we’re watching right now is the variants and the surges. I feel like we’re in a little bit of a race night now to get as many people vaccinated before numbers start to rise back up again as far as when that surge starts kind of coming back around our direction.
Oxygen levels are especially important during pregnancy. With a growing baby, it can already be hard to breathe. A complication of coronavirus could make it worse.
“So it doesn’t mean that the people who did not get any symptoms, did not get the immune response. We all react differently to these vaccines,” said Dr. Nazir.
And then we are very excited to be offering it to our 1D group, which is our patients that are the highest risk, which would be those that are 80 years and older...those with high-risk conditions such as cancer, kidney dialysis, also transplant patients.
After hearing about the new 1D tier opening up for South Dakotans to receive the vaccine, their phone rang. Their vaccination appointment was scheduled, and when they arrived, they didn’t even have to wait.
Extensive tests for heart and vascular health can often cost thousands of dollars. At North Central Heart Institute at Avera Heart Hospital, the screening is only $75.00.
That’s probably gonna be 50,000 individuals in that group, and so right now the state gets about 11,000 doses a week and so it’ll take quite a few weeks to get through that big of a group.
“I just became a nurse because I want to help people and right now. COVID is the big thing going on in the country, so it’s just knowing that you’re doing what you want to do and it’s just helping people that need help,” said Fell.
“I was in the magic window they like to say. It could have been a very very bad life-changing event. And yet, I was lucky enough to say it was not much life-changing, but it let me think about life, and what’s really important,” said Borszich.
“When you get infected with a virus, your body creates antibodies to help fight off the virus. And it takes a while for that process to happen. What we do with monoclonal antibodies is we’re providing those antibodies to the patient. So they have them to neutralize the virus sooner than what their immune system would be able to do otherwise,” said Dr. Thury.
"We’ll be moving more into like what’s called the 1-B and 1-C phase, so that will include nursing home residents will be prioritized. And then following that, we’ll be doing a lot of our frontline workers."
Even though it’s heartbreaking and even though it is so hard. You can balance those with the overwhelming joy, you know, watching somebody come into the world and watching somebody get better and leaving.” Lindee Miller, ICU Nurse Avera St. Mary’s-Pierre
“They will receive a tablet, blood pressure cuff, a scale, and a pulse oximeter. And then when they check their vitals, it will automatically flow over into the programs that nurses can monitor,” said Purdy. The connection is much more than watching their symptoms, it’s an emotional lifeline.
if you were exposed to COVID again you may not have an active infection yourself but you still may serve as a carrier to give the virus to someone else who has not yet been exposed, and who may be high-risk if they do receive that.
"This is really going to help us turn around these results a little bit quicker and try to get those results out faster so patients can start their quarantine, get back to work, send kids back to daycare, to kind of get back to their routines and their lives,” said Felderman.
When choosing health insurance, Lewis suggests finding out what the plans include for health screenings, deductibles, co-pay amounts, prescription coverage and if there are federal marketplace dollars you may qualify for.
: I think it’s okay to acknowledge that you’re sad that some of your holiday traditions aren’t being met this year, but it’s kind of trying to take a step back after you’ve done that and think about the special ways that you can still enjoy the holiday and really just trying to make the most of it.
“You know, we’re just glad that we can provide that here rather than having to have everyone have to go to Sioux Falls since they’ve been so full and their hospitals are really struggling to in that capacity,” said Dr. Nieuwenhuis.
