Juana's first walk after more than seven months admitted to the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid

Seven months ago, Juana Román was admitted to the Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid for a chronic heart problem that ended up causing an extremely serious heart attack..

That January 4, with 2023 just started, Juana, 70, began a long period of hospitalization in the Madrid center that has only been interrupted this week, thanks to a device organized by the hospital that has allowed her to go out.. The experience has delighted. Today he celebrates his golden wedding anniversary after being on the verge of death. For this reason, she had to be later admitted to the Post-Surgical Critical Care Unit..

“She is a very complex patient, 70 years old and with associated pathologies, and who has suffered the usual complications in this type of intervention, such as requiring ventricular assistance and bleeding problems, among other affectations,” explains José María Barrio, head of the department of Resuscitation and Anesthesiology.

“Since she entered, she has been very ill and we were not sure that she was going to get ahead.. She has undergone seven surgeries, has been intubated and had a stroke. He has been very serious and we have feared for his life,” explains his daughter Raquel Luque.

“Although my mother is very strong and she has shown it to us, we want to thank all the staff at the Gregorio Marañón Hospital because they have saved her life,” he adds..

“Juana has been in a very critical situation, but for two months she has begun to recover, to speak and recover from a very complex process, and she began to say that she wanted to go out on the street. Among the compañeras we considered the possibility of taking it down to the hospital patio. We discussed it with his doctor and he gave us his approval,” explains Esperanza Juria, a nurse at the Post-Surgical Critical Care Unit.

“When we told her about it, she told us not to lie to her, but when she saw us prepare everything, she smiled and she was very happy,” recalls her nurse.. The hospital staff set up a mobile system to be able to support Juana's clinical needs and connect the devices that control the different devices of the patient to mobile batteries.

After conditioning her, and with her husband and daughter, they began the journey from the Post-Surgical Critical Care Unit to the central courtyard of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital. “As soon as she came out, she began to say, 'Oh, the trees, the little birds,' and she was very happy,” says Bárbara González, a nurse at the Post-Surgical Critical Care Unit.. “And he asked for more tomorrow”.

“For us it has been a great satisfaction and for the patient, her best medicine, because she is much better,” explains this nurse.

“We waited for her husband Luis to arrive so he could go out with her and he was also very surprised. He called his daughter and told her 'I'm going to the street with your mother!'

“Although we are very happy, we did everything very carefully and diligently because we know of his delicate condition and the number of devices we had to give him adequate support,” says Bárbara González.

“It is a great joy for her and for us that she can go out and that I can give her fresh air, because she has been bad for a long time.. We are very happy”, highlights the daughter. “Here I am very well, better than above”, says Juana with a wide smile. Juana is progressing favorably and today she celebrates her 50th wedding anniversary with an emotional Luis, her husband, who always kisses her and takes her by the hand.Although she is still in the hospital, Juana and Luis hope, along with their family and all the staff at the center, that they can hold this celebration again at home very soon.