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Together for life until separated by COVID-19, care staff rejoin couple in his final days
His body failed to respond to treatment for COVID-19. Hospitalized in Gundersen’s unit for patients infected with the virus, now was the time for comfort measures and compassionate care.Hope Sternberg, RN, almost didn’t believe he had reached the end of his life.“He had so much energy and was so talkative,” she said. “I asked if he wanted ice cream and he said, ‘Only one scoop because I don’t want to get fat.’”He’d changed the next da ...