Laurie McCluskey · 3 years ago
No one expects to have a medical emergency away from home but unfortunately, that is the situation we found ourselves recently faced with. My husband suffered a stroke while traveling in San Diego, CA. I flew down to be with him and after it was determined that he was stable enough to be released, the hospital encouraged him staying in CA for inpatient rehab. Coming up on the holidays and having our family back home in Idaho, we wanted to get him closer to home and our strong support system but I will be honest, was unsure if I could do it alone traveling on a commercial flight. I randomly googled "travel nurses" and Sky Nurses was the first to pop up. I called and spoke to Mary at what I think was in the middle of the night for her and I was immediately assured that they could help us get home. From that point forward, they took care of every little detail. The day before we were to fly home, Justin our clinician met us at the hospital to explain how discharge and the trip home would go. It was so reassuring to know that they truly did have every little detail covered as well as booking our first class tickets. The day of travel went off without a hitch and Justin was such a professional, compassionate and fun clinician. He literally got us from one hospital bed to the other, monitoring my husbands vitals the entire time. I can not thank or recommend the Sky Nurse Team enough for all they did to make a very uncertain time in our lives less stressful.