Magnolia Matters - 2019 Spring/Summer

From L to R: Sylvia Moore, RN; Lee McDuffy, RN; KellieWilliams, RN; Tricia Tomlinson, RN Cardiac Rehab Picture this: ahand-drawnpicturewith real faces taped to cartoonbodies. The subjects of this pictureareaman lying onahospital bedwith fourwomenaroundhimgiving him care. The caption reads: “CardiacRehab –ServicewithaSmile.” This sillypicture was agift fromapatient to the ladies of theCardiacRehabilitationDepartment at MRHC. It has ahome there, hung on thewall for all to see. Since 2002, nurses Lee McDuffy, Tricia Tomlinson, Sylvia “Toodles” Moore, and Kellie Williams have been working together helping to rehabilitate cardiac patients at MRHC. McDuffy said, “We have been through everything together. We’ve seen each other at our best and our worst. We’ve seen each other pregnant and raising children. We’ve lived our lives with each other.” Because of the close relationship among the women who work there, Cardiac Rehab has become a place where everyone who enters feels like they SERVICE with a SMILE 2019 SPRING/SUMMER 4