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I pulled into a hospital parking space here in Lakeway and felt the brilliant sun beaming down on my face. Yes, it was another beautiful day in Lakeway, and I was getting to visit patients again at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Lakeway as one of the Good Friend Pastoral Care program volunteers.
I had just recently joined the team after moving to the area a few months earlier. I had worked before as a hospital chaplain, so I was rather familiar with the needs of patients and the staff in the hospital setting.
When a position opened up here close to my house, I jumped on the opportunity to serve as a volunteer. I checked to make sure I had all of the volunteer necessities my blue vest and my name badge.
After five years, Kami Cayce worked her last shift as a nurse in September.
For the 27-year-old Texan, the decision to leave seemed inevitable after a tumultuous year turned upside down by the coronavirus.
After initial stay-at-home orders, Cayce’s workplace, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center, resumed non-emergency and elective surgeries at rates even higher than before covid-19. Cayce says her workload increased dramatically while concerns about coronavirus were still top of mind.
“Nurses were forced to work above capacity while understaffed. Because of the increased volume of surgeries, patients would sometimes wait for a room for up to 10 hours after surgery,” said Cayce, a post-operation recovery nurse. She said the influx was required to make up for income lost when elective surgeries were being canceled.
The late Pastor Matthew Netzer (R) and his family. | Facebook/Matthew Netzer
Matt Netzer, the 44-year-old pastor of RockPile Church in Marble Falls, Texas, was killed in a crash last Friday hours after warning his followers about discussing politics on social media.
Netzer, who began leading his church in 1999, and was one of the congregation’s founders, was reportedly traveling north on RM 2900 toward Kingsland in a 2018 Mazda CX-5 when the vehicle veered across the southbound lane, left the roadway, and struck a fence, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. He was pronounced dead at the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Marble Fall.
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New Llano County EMS service going ‘fast and furious’ in first several days Patrick Cobb, director of Hamilton County Hospital District EMS, demonstrates how a robotic arm is used to move a stretcher in and out of an ambulance. The feature is part of each ambulance serving Llano County and holds up to 750 pounds. Staff photo by Jennifer Fierro
Since Hamilton EMS took over emergency medical services in Llano County on Dec. 31, crews have been hard at work responding to more than 100 calls in the first eight days.
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