Intubated COVID-19 patient plays the violin for healthcare workers in Utah hospital 🔎🔍
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An intubated Covid-19 patient has been filmed playing the violin from his hospital bed as he was treated in an intensive care ward.
Grover Wilhelmsen, a retired music teacher and violin salesman, has been in McKay-Dee Hospital, in Ogden, Utah, for several months.
He was admitted to an ICU after he first caught the virus, but has since been transferred to a long-term care facility.
Staff at the ICU said he had asked permission to play the violin as he wanted to ‘give back’ to those looking after him. In the footage, shared on social media, he can seen passionately playing while still hooked up to breathing apparatus beside the bed.
Nurse Ciara Sase said Grover had communicated his wish to play on a piece of paper, as he was unable to talk. His wife Diana then brought a violin, viola and some music books to the hospital and he played for a few hours over two days.
As the door to the ward had to remain shut, Ciara used her pager to play the music to her colleagues on other wards. She told the Intermountain Healthcare website: ‘It brought tears to my eyes. For all the staff to see a patient doing this while intubated was unbelievable.
‘Even though he was so sick, he was still able to push through. You could see how much it meant to him.
Playing kind of helped to soothe his nerves and brought him back to the moment.’ Matt Harper, another nurse, added: ‘It was honestly shocking to be there when he picked up the violin. It felt like I was in a dream. I’m used to patients being miserable or sedated while being intubated, but Grover made an unfortunate situation into something positive. ‘This was by far one of my favourite memories in the ICU that I’ve had. It was a small light in the darkness of Covid.’
Grover is expected to make a full recovery and will eventually be discharged from treatment, staff said. His wife said he is currently ‘too weak’ to play his instruments, but added that he was looking forward to it again when better.
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