Hello Mr. Raikes,
I just wanted to tell you how much both you and your wife touched my heart with the presentation you gave at the ADS conference in Boston. Your story was so compelling and you are so brave and strong to be able and willing to share it. Please know that you and your wife had a great impact on me and I will share your story and take it with me wherever I go in teaching others about caring for patients. Thank you again! Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Kessler, MSN, RN-BC CESI Educator Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI) |
My name is Christine, and I’m an ICU nurse who attended the American Delirium Society workshop a couple of weeks ago.
First, I wanted to say THANK YOU for sharing your story. The things you taught me about your experience have changed the way I practice. I truly appreciate your willingness to talk about what you went through, it is an incredibly brave thing to do. Hartford Hospital 560 Hudson Street Hartford, CT 06102 office: 860-972-0741 Fax: 860-545-2030 e-mail: Jeanne.kessler@hhchealth.org |
I was born and raised on a farm in central Kentucky where I fed cattle in the winter and was in the tobacco field in the summer. For my hobbies I fished in the summer and hunted just about anything all year long. I started working at a tool and die company 6 months before I graduated from high school in 1981. I went on to take several select college courses and received a certificate as a journeyperson tool and die maker. I worked as a tool and die maker for 19 years until a local company offered me a process engineering position. With this new position I excelled and ultimately became a tooling engineer traveling the world purchasing tooling, equipment and preparing the new work cell for production.
It was in the spring of 2015 that the doctors determined I needed a partial knee replacement after a couple failed knee scopes. On May 26th, 2015 I went to the hospital early that morning not knowing getting on the elevator would be my last memory for a while. My wife told me that after surgery I |