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Holiday Depression Holidays are full of
traditions and spending time loved ones. Unfortunately that can change when a
loved one passes away. Sherry Myers, RN, and director of Levindale Hebrew
Geriatric Center and Hospital�s Partial Hospitalization and Outpatient programs
in Baltimore, has some tips to help manage the holiday blues, which include:
Being honest and recognizing that the holiday may not be the
same without your friend or family member
Doing something to remember your loved one, such as putting his or her
picture in a prominent place
Taking care of yourself by avoiding activities that increase your stress
level, but be careful not to isolate yourself�
Making sure you eat a healthy diet, exercise if your doctor approves and
get enough sleep
A Nurse at Sinai Hospital Provides Comfort to Wounded
Soldiers Karen Ames, R.N. and a nurse education consultant for the
critical care unit at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, first learned about the
Quilts of Valor project in her favorite quilting magazine. The project provides
quilts for soldiers who have been wounded. Through this project she quickly
learned more than 15,000 American soldiers have been wounded in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Since 2004, the non-profit Quilts for Soldiers has given out more
than 3,000 donated quilts.
We hear all about the men and women who have died during the
war, but we hear very little about those who are injured,� Karen says. This
project is a great way to provide a wounded soldier with a small amount of
comfort.�
Karen has successfully completed one quilt for the project and
is presently working on two others she hopes to send out before the end of the
year.
Sinai Hospital enhances its minimally invasive
procedures In a relatively new procedure, doctors at Sinai Hospital
of Baltimore are performing thoracic aneurysm stent-grafts for thoracic aneurysm
or ballooning of an artery in the chest. The procedure begins with a small
incision in a patient�s leg, allowing them to thread a small tube through an
artery to the chest. X-rays help doctors guide the tube into the artery. Once in
place, the plastic tube channels blood away from the damaged tissue.
Thoracic aneurysms traditionally require major surgery to repair the damaged
artery, which includes a large incision in the chest and the removal of several
of the patient�s ribs. The invasive procedure usually entails a two to
three-week hospital stay with an additional month of outpatient recovery. The
minimally invasive surgery performed at Sinai requires patients to stay two to
three �days in the hospital and are back to their normal routine within a few
weeks.
