Episode 27- A Nurse, A New Heart & A Second Chance at Life

What happens when the caregiver suddenly becomes the one who needs care? ❤️‍🩹 This week on Call the Nurse, I sit down with my coworker and fellow nurse, Bailey Saleumvong, RN-BC, MSN, whose life took an unimaginable turn when he went from caring for patients to becoming critically ill himself—and ultimately needing a heart transplant. Bailey shares so vulnerably about the fear, the uncertainty, the loss of control, and what it feels like to understand too much medically while also trying to simply be the patient. But what stayed with me most were the lessons that came after—the things you can only understand when you’ve been on both sides of the bedside. His recovery is remarkable. His perspective is even more powerful. When the nurse becomes the patient, everything changes.