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  It was an early Tuesday morning in December, and things were quiet on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Methodist Hospital. Over the past several months of the COVID-19 pandemic, that hadn’t been the norm. The ICU had become an active, fast-paced environment, with exhausted professionals working f…

  With COVID-19 cases surging during the holiday season, the way we celebrate this year is going to be different for most of us. Following the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention means limiting gatherings to only those people in our households. Traveling to see grandpa…

Unlike in previous holiday seasons, we are all navigating new forms of celebration this year. Although not easy, my husband and I made the decision to stay home for the holidays in a community effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as well as to prevent spread to our high-risk loved ones. While …

To all the warriors who’ve been fighting this virus since the very beginning: We haven’t forgotten about you. We still support you. We believe in you. And we continue to stand with you. Over the next week, we’ll be posting deeply personal stories of the COVID-19 warriors you see in this video – w…

The December opening of Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital’s new floor dedicated to women and newborns is getting closer. And our team of OB/GYN providers and specialists is incredibly eager to care for you and your baby in this state-of-the-art, 18,000-square-foot space.    The upgraded floor jo…

  Nurses in handmade gownsFremont and Dodge County have been through challenging times over the years. There have been floods, building explosions, fires and now a pandemic. As in many communities across Nebraska, when tragedy or hard times strike, it’s the people who step up and say, “What can we…

“I am a survivor of COVID-19,” Emma Hutchinson, 37, said proudly.   Nebraska’s first confirmed COVID-positive patient calls herself a “lucky one.” Looking back at the morning of March 5, when she came to the Methodist Women’s Hospital Emergency Department (ED) seeking migraine treatment for the th…

Methodist Jennie Edmundson Hospital has been preparing since spring for the care of potential COVID-19 patients – even if those patients are only a few minutes old.Dozens of measures have been taken to ensure the safety of patients, staff and visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these prec…

She raised her hand.   Michelle Vanek, CMA, a certified medical assistant for Methodist Physicians Clinic, didn’t know exactly what she was volunteering for in March, but she knew she had to. Her supervisor, Joshua Harper, a Methodist Physicians Clinic operations manager, asked his Fremont staf…

It’s always a big breakfast and a big cup of coffee for Methodist Hospital progressive care nurse Emily Charvat, BSN, RN-BC. “You just never know when you’re going to be able to eat again,” she said. She chats with her almost 3-year-old, Ella. “I tell her, ‘Mommy has to go to work and help sick…