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waterman
Extending the Healing
Ministry of Christ
Early Winter 2019
‘Don’t
ignore it’
Heartfelt advice
for getting
checked out
VISIT CONRYCREATIONHEALTH.COM Connect With
Waterman
WATERMAN NEWS
for more healthy living tips and classes.
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ing improve the health and well-being of Lake
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New name,
same
great care
Florida Hospital Waterman will
soon be AdventHealth Waterman
Waterman
Adventist Health System, “We are transforming to be a more emotional and spiritual needs of
one of the nation’s largest faith-based consumer-focused health care system every person is the key to good
health care systems, with nearly to better meet the needs of those we health.
50 hospital campuses and more care for and the communities we “Our community, through our
than 80,000 employees, announced serve,” says Terry Shaw, President and board and others, really advocated
in August that it will soon become CEO for Adventist Health System. to retain our legacy name,” says Abel
AdventHealth. With the name “Becoming AdventHealth allows us to Biri, Florida Hospital Waterman
change, the health system will move be a fully integrated and distinguish- CEO. “Since our humble beginnings
to being one consumer-centric, able health system across all aspects of in 1938 on the second story of a
connected and identifiable national the care continuum, while also speak- defunct hotel in downtown Eustis, we
system of care for every stage of ing to our Christian healing ministry, have actually maintained that name
life and health. message of wholeness and our rich throughout the various changes to the
Beginning Jan. 2, 2019, all of Seventh-day Adventist roots.” hospital. While most of AdventHealth
Adventist Health System’s wholly System’s hospitals are converting to
owned hospitals and hundreds of Hope and healing AdventHealth followed by the city
care sites across its footprint will The name AdventHealth signals or town they’re located in, we were
adopt the AdventHealth name and the arrival or beginning of health able to retain our legacy name of
logo. The naming structure will allow and expresses a strong and clear Waterman.”
consumers to more easily distinguish connection to the healing and Changes to signage and visual
AdventHealth’s care locations and salvation that God has promised. elements at hospitals and other
services. While its name is changing, Adventist Health System’s promise facilities are expected to take place
the organization is not changing in of wholeness is an expression of the in January when the AdventHealth
ownership or business structure. belief that caring for the physical, name is fully adopted systemwide.
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A coronary
DETOUR
and restored flow
It was a hot afternoon a catheter is inserted in an artery or dramatically and rapidly,” Gibby
in July when James Gibby, of Mount vein in your groin, neck or arm and says. “The home care nurses were
Dora, took his wife shopping for threaded through your blood vessels excellent. They checked my vitals
their upcoming cruise to Alaska. to your heart.” and advised me on various ways to
“We walked out of the mall and “He found three arteries that recover faster and more efficiently.
had a flat tire on our car,” Gibby were blocked. One was 100 percent I followed their instructions to the
says. “I proceeded to change the tire blocked,” says Gibby. “Dr. Allen said letter. I lamented when the visits
and was literally on my knees, upside I was experiencing heart failure and stopped because I became good
down, cranking the lift. I started hav- would need coronary artery bypass friends with several of the nurses.”
ing pain in my left shoulder, so I sat in surgery.” “Right now, I have no sensation of
the car for 10 minutes until the pain ever having surgery or heart failure,”
went away. I thought it was a cramp. A new passageway says Gibby. “I’m anticipating being as
I didn’t relate it to a heart issue.” Coronary artery bypass grafting aggressive as possible in my upcom-
“Two days later, my breathing had (CABG) is a surgical option for ing cardiac rehab sessions to elevate
gradually become more and more people who have severe coronary myself back to the best quality of life.
challenging and I wasn’t sleeping artery disease, a condition in which My goal is a full recovery and to be as
well,” Gibby says. “I called my good plaque builds up in the coronary vital as ever.”
friend, Dr. Jack Cassell, and I told arteries and reduces blood flow to Gibby and his wife are planning
him my symptoms. He immediately the heart muscle. It is typically only to reschedule their original travel
drove to my house and took me performed when other treatments, plans, and he is intent on using his
to the Florida Hospital Waterman such as medicine, are not sufficient experience to help others.
Emergency Department.” to correct the blockage. “The primary thing I would say
Gibby was quickly evaluated by Gibby had his surgery as soon to anyone else is if you have an issue,
Gary Allen, MD, board-certified as he could and recovered in the deal with it. Don’t ignore it,” Gibby
cardiothoracic surgeon, and given hospital before being discharged to says. “Call your doctor, get to the
a cardiac catheterization. continue his recovery with home hospital. If it’s a false alarm, that’s
“Cardiac catheterization is a care nursing. fine. If it’s not a false alarm, then
procedure used to diagnose and treat “I was advised to stay mobile you will be in the best hands pos-
cardiovascular conditions,” explains and be as active as I could once I sible. The earlier you deal with it,
Dr. Allen. “A long thin tube called went home. I really recovered the better your outcome will be.”
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The primary
thing I would say to
anyone else is if you
have an issue, deal
with it. Don’t ignore it.”
—James Gibby
What is CABG?
“During CABG,
a healthy vein or
artery from an-
other part of the
body is grafted
to the blocked
artery, creating a Gary Allen, MD
new passageway
for oxygen-rich blood to reach the
heart,” says Dr. Allen. “This vein
or artery may be removed from
the leg, chest, or forearm. It is
then attached to the aorta on one
After coronary artery bypass surgery and grafting, end and the diseased coronary
James Gibby says he has “no sensation of ever artery on the other end, just past
having surgery or heart failure.” He has stayed active the blocked area. Blood is then
and looks forward to traveling with his wife. redirected through the graft, de-
touring the diseased section and
Visit FHWatermanHeart.com to take increasing blood flow to that area
a heart health quiz today. of the heart.”
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ECMO
kept me
Michael Reilly was in a
medically induced coma,
on ECMO life support,
alive
for 40 days. Today, he
is back to work with no
restrictions.
An acute case of the flu brought
Michael to the only hospital in
Lake County with the new life-
support technology
When Michael Reilly, of
Grand Island, began experiencing chills A lot of people die from the flu every year.
and coughing last January, he brushed it Luckily for me, ECMO was here.”
off as a minor cold and waited a month
before visiting his local walk-in clinic. Everett, RN, Nurse Manager for the supposed to stay there for a month, but
“I never go to the doctor and didn’t cardiovascular intensive care unit at I pushed myself to get better faster. I
have a primary care provider,” Reilly Florida Hospital Waterman. “It provides left rehab after 15 days.”
says. “The clinic gave me some medi- an opportunity for people who have se- But Reilly wasn’t completely out of
cine, but I didn’t get better.” vere lung injury or heart injury to heal. the woods just yet.
In fact, Reilly got worse. He began to The machine takes over—it rests those “I had physical therapy and home
feel a tingly sensa- organs and allows the organs to heal.” care nurses who helped me for about a
tion and eventu- “It is very exciting to have this avail- month after I left rehab,” he says. “I had
ally fainted in his able for our patients. We are the only to learn to walk, sit and stand again.”
kitchen. hospital in Lake County to have this Today, Reilly is back to work with no
“I called 911 and advanced technology,” says Louis Guzzi, restrictions and says he now encourages
they brought me to MD, Director of Critical Care Medicine his friends not to procrastinate about
Florida Hospital Wa- at Florida Hospital Waterman. “We’re going to the doctor when they are sick.
Louis Guzzi, MD
terman,” he says. “By actually able to provide the highest level “I never went to the doctor for
then I had a high fever and chills.” of care for people in our community checkups or when I was sick,” Reilly
Reilly was very, very sick with the flu. without having to transport them to says. “Now I have a primary care
“I was in the hospital for four days Orlando. This is a significant resource doctor, and I tell my friends to go get
before they decided to put me in a that makes a huge difference in continu- checked out when they aren’t feeling
medical coma,” says Reilly. “They said ity of care for patients and their families.” good. A lot of people die from the flu
my kidneys were failing.” Reilly’s around-the-clock care every year. Luckily for me, ECMO was
Reilly remained in a coma, on included a team of therapists, nurses, here and kept me pumping.”
ECMO life support, for 40 days under physicians and perfusionists. When he
the watchful care of the staff in the was slowly awakened from his coma
intensive care unit. after 40 days, his lungs had dramatically
“ECMO stands for extracorporeal improved.
VISIT
membrane oxygenation, and we have “I remember waking up in the hos-
FHWaterman.com for
been privileged enough to have this new pital and eventually being transported more information on
equipment at our hospital,” says Laura to a rehab facility,” Reilly says. “I was the latest technology.
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ADVANCED TREATMENT
for aggressive prostate cancer
It was during options,” Dr. Jain says. “We have state-
a routine annual of-the-art cancer treatment right here,
physical and blood close to home.”
test that Dan Pierce,
74, of Tavares, TruBeam and SpaceOAR
discovered he had Pierce’s medical team decided upon a
prostate cancer. treatment plan of nine weeks of radia-
Anudh Jain, MD
“My primary tion therapy using the latest TruBeam
care doctor said my prostate screen- linear accelerator system and the use of
ing bloodwork showed a high Glea- SpaceOAR hydrogel.
son score, and so he referred me to “SpaceOAR hydrogel acts as a spacer
Dr. Gerboc who diagnosed me with providing distance between the rectum
prostate cancer,” Pierce says. and the prostate, making it much less
“The Gleason score is a measure of likely that the rectum is exposed to
how aggressive the prostate cancer is,” radiation and any negative side effects,”
says Jason Gerboc, DO, board-certified explains Dr. Jain. “The hydrogel is
urologic surgeon. “We use this score to minimally invasive, remains stable
assist us with developing a treatment during radiation therapy and then is Dan Pierce finished his radiation therapy
plan for the patient.” gradually absorbed by the body after in July and says he is feeling great.
He advised Pierce to receive radia- radiation therapy has been completed.”
tion treatment from Florida Hospital Pierce finished his treatments in July
Waterman Cancer Institute and radia- and says he is feeling great. “I’m still on
tion oncologist Anudh Jain, MD. some medications that make me a little
“Here at Florida Hospital Waterman, tired, but I don’t have any complaints,” SHOULD YOU GET THE TEST?
we work directly with patients and he says. “I had an excellent experience, Men who are over 40 or have a family
other specialists to come up with the and everyone was just super nice and history of prostate cancer should get an
best care. We have advanced technol- wonderful. I’m back to working in my annual PSA test. If you need a urologist, you
ogy, and we offer patients a wide host of yard and all the usual stuff.” can find one at FHWaterman.com.
The most advanced cancer care available
At Florida Hospital Waterman, we have the leading-edge community cancer program by the American College of
technologies and medical expertise to help our patients Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer, we offer both radiation
through every stage of the process, from diagnosis to oncology and medical oncology. Our team of board-
treatment—all in a compassionate, friendly, patient- certified surgeons has the only fellowship-trained surgical
centered environment. The Florida Hospital Waterman oncologist in Lake County, so you know that you or your
Cancer Institute is a cancer program dedicated to providing loved one is receiving only the best in medical and surgical
our patients with the most advanced treatment and care care. Learn more about the Florida Hospital Waterman
available in Central Florida. Accredited as a comprehensive Cancer Institute at FHWatermanCancer.com.
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Florida Hospital Urgent vs. Emergency
will soon be Where do you go when you need
AdventHealth. medical care quickly—say for a bump,
a bruise or a bellyache? Urgent care
centers can manage many minor
illnesses and injuries. But some
symptoms call for emergency care.
Go to urgent care Call 911 or go
for mild or minor: to the ER for:
llergic reactions or rashes.
A
Allergic reactions with trouble breathing,
Cuts, burns or wounds. hives or swelling.
Headaches. Chest pain that lasts for more than a few
minutes.
Illnesses, such as colds,
sore throats, earaches and Difficulty breathing.
low-grade fevers. Heavy bleeding, severe burns or deep
Injuries, such as back pain, wounds.
sprains and strains. High fever with a headache or stiff neck.
Nausea, vomiting or loose Injury to the neck, spine or head, especially
stools. with other symptoms.
Passing out, fainting or seizures.
Play it safe. This chart Poisoning or overdose.
is not medical advice or a Serious injuries, such as broken bones.
complete list. If you think
Severe and persistent vomiting or diarrhea.
you have something serious
Sudden severe headache or pain, such as
or life-threatening, seek in the jaw or arm.
emergency care right away.
Sudden confusion, weakness, loss of
Sources: American College of balance, face drooping, blurred vision or
Emergency Physicians; National
Institutes of Health; Urgent Care
slurred speech.
Association of America
Expert care near you.Visit FHWatermanER.com for more information
on our emergency services.
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