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	<title>Patient Stories &#124; Staff Interviews</title>
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		<title>My Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My 18 month old son had tubes the other day and the staff at Covenant was wonderful! My son was a champion and the surgery didn&#8217;t even phase him, but as his mom I had a tough time. Everyone was very respectful and courteous. My son even hugged Dani, the nurse as we left. Kim]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/my-baby/</link>
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		<title>Making it Comfortable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have had the occasion to use Covenant’s services many times over the last six months. In each case, I was welcomed to the hospital or ambulatory surgery units by smiling, friendly and caring members of the nursing staff. During my last trip, Michelle B and Stephanie prepared me for surgery and Brandy and Danny [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/making-it-comfortable/</link>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had carpel tunnel surgery April 18 by Dr. Knudson and he was excellent. I had great care from the staff. Special thanks to Brett Fry RN, Teresa Bovy RN and Brenda Metcalf RN and the OR team including Dr. Kippes anesthesia who was great. I would highly recommend Covenant to family and friends. Thank [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/thank-you-6/</link>
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		<title>Appreciative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My procedure was done on 5/4 by Dr. Bernard. Jeremy did the preliminary vitals -  quick, efficient, on time, and very friendly. Kim was the nurse and she was also very pleasant, knowledgeable and helpful to the doctor. The doctor and nurse seemed to work well together. Dr. Bernard was very good at putting me at ease and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/appreciative/</link>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are very grateful to the team at Covenant Ambulatory Surgery for the care and consideration you gave to our Mother, Elsie B., and to us. The entire staff, including nurses Stephanie, Sue, Allison, Rebecca, and Lisa, and Dr. Knutson, provided helpful and understanding treatment, taking into account Mother&#8217;s dementia and special needs. They provided [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/thank-you-5/</link>
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		<title>Heart Catheter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to express my great appreciation to the doctors and nursing staff at Covenant Medical Center for the excellent care for my heart catheterization. The doctors performed a treatment that would have required a triple bypass but with their expertise put in 3 stents. I was released in 24 hours. What a tremendous team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/heart-catheter/</link>
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		<title>Very Grateful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am writing this on behalf of my son Gary. My son is Downs. He needs ear surgery periodically. Thus he is a patient quite often. I am so grateful for the care given to him by Dr. Rotenberg, all of the OR staff, nursing staff and volunteers. He is made to feel very special [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/very-grateful/</link>
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		<title>Thankful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am thankful that I had such a fine and caring doctor &#8211; Dr. Jason Stanford &#8211; and his great staff, to see me through the broken ankle I had this winter. Surgery is always scary (I had two), but everyone put me at ease with their professionalism and I had a comfortable experience. Thank [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/thankful/</link>
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		<title>Thankful for Great Caregivers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My husband, Rick, had surgery done by Dr. Lantz on a tendon and heel spur on Jan.11,2012. He had an adverse reaction to some meds and/or anesthesia, and spent way more time that normal in post-op and then was admitted for an overnight stay on what was to have been outpatient surgery. We are both [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/thankful-for-great-caregivers/</link>
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		<title>Tubes&#8230; again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a note to thank the amazing staff at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa. We have been patients of Covenant for the past six years starting with the prenatal care of our first child. We were recently in for our middle son&#8217;s second round of tubes for his ears. Every experience we&#8217;ve had with Covenant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://sharing.wheatoniowa.org/tubes-again/</link>
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