A Recovered Coronavirus Patient Thanks South Florida Baptist Hospital

PLANT CITY, FL — The email came to South Florida Baptist Hospital ICU nurse manager Alicia Campbell shortly before Christmas 2020. The simple and unassuming message in the subject line: “COVID-19 patient.”

What followed is a beautiful message from COVID patient Wayne Goff that tugs heartstrings and emotions:

“Alicia, on behalf of the Goff family and many others – I want to thank your ICU unit, which I was admitted on 06-23-20. They saved my life. I will be ever grateful the rest of my life. Your team are true Rockstars, they treated me so good. Once I woke up and could start understanding what was going on with me, and I saw how hard they were working to save other lives, I was amazed. They were always smiling after long shifts or after not so good shifts when things were so demanding.”

“I can’t say enough about this group you have handling ICU COVID patients. I saw a safe workplace and how they all wore their PPE and performed tasks professionally. They made it possible for me to have my 56th birthday, Thanksgiving and go hunting with my sons and grandchildren. Also, not to mention, them keeping my wife updated daily at morning shift change, evening shift change and even facetiming my wife and two sons.”

“I hope none of them go unrecognized. The whole group are my heroes. I wish you and your team the best. Keep doing the things they did for me and I’m sure there will be more rewards to come. I wish you and your group a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Please remember I think of them everyday. Thanks, Wayne Goff and family.”

This press release was produced by the BayCare Health System. The views expressed here are the author’s own.