Essentia Health has started a special program to help those trying to recover after COVID-19. Written By: Kevin Wallevand | 10:12 pm, May 10, 2021
DETROIT LAKES, Minn. Thousands of people in the region have battled COVID-19 and while most have recovered, some continue to fight those long-hauler complications.
87-year-old Ray Schmitz was putting in some physical therapy time Monday, May 10. Ray left his home in Perham in October, hospitalized with COVID-19. He hasn t been back since. One day I prayed to die, he said.
For weeks, Ray Schmitz was battling the disease. He fought for life on a ventilator, while November and December passed by in a haze. Worse, there were times he wasn t sure he would make it.
May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and with the weather warming up and people starting to spend more time outdoors, it seems like a good time for a reminder about the signs of skin cancer and what can be done to prevent it.
Crash occurred after 2 a.m. Sunday morning after the driver fell asleep
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GENESEO, N.D. A 40-year-old female fell asleep at the wheel at 2:16 a.m. Sunday, May 2, resulting in a rollover crash on 98th Street Southeast 4 miles south of Geneseo in Sargent County.
According to a report from the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Tammy Fay Kleinwachter was traveling north on County Road 14 when she fell asleep and left the roadway on a curve. Her vehicle entered the south ditch and was launched over a field approach, the report said.
The vehicle overturned and came to a rest on its passenger side. Kleinwachter was the only one in the vehicle, and exited the car on her own before being transported to Essentia Health in Fargo. According to NDHP, Kleinwachter suffered injuries that weren t life-threatening.
Tessa Johnson, a registered nurse in Dickinson and president of the North Dakota Nurses Association, said her group tries to educate its members on the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines, which have ample evidence behind them at this point.
“I’m surprised and shocked at the hesitancy yet,” she said. “The hesitancy I see with younger females still scared of fertility problems,” she said, adding that there is no evidence to support such worries. “People are still hesitant because of that.”
A lot of myths and misinformation circulating on social media are fueling much of the hesitancy, Johnson said. Overcoming that is difficult. “That’s what scares me,” she said.
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