Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I have been at UVA for about six months, after working at the University of Chicago for 27 years. I spent 18 years as a homemaker/stay-at-home-mom before starting my second career as a nurse. I worked with Dr. Noth in the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) clinic in Chicago for about 14 years, and during that time became very attached to ILD patients. They are the most compliant patients, and are so desperately in need of someone in healthcare to help smooth the path for them. I moved to Virginia to work with Dr. Noth in the ILD clinic here; Dr. Noth has dedicated his career to researching ways to improve their care.
I married my childhood sweetheart, whom I met in church when I was 13. We will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary in June. We have been blessed with 2 wonderful children and 3 beautiful granddaughters. Outside of UVA I love cooking, cleaning, sewing, and doing home repairs, but most of all I love spending time with my children and grandchildren. The best advice I ever heard was “though the days are long, the years are short”. Take advantage of every moment, and most of all “don’t blink”!
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Tags: March 2019 Newsletter, profile, Pulmonary