6 Bringing health care news to your home For eight months, Doug Romshek saw the staff at the W.O.C. Health Center every Wednesday. He shudders to imagine what it would have been like to travel to Omaha or Lincoln, Nebraska, instead. “It would have been so hard to drive that far every week,” he said. Romshek, who lives near Bellwood, Nebraska, experienced a severe blood infection in November 2022. His organs started shutting down, and he was in the hospital for 10 days. As doctors treated the infection, his leg swelled up with cellulitis. When he returned home, the skin broke open, resulting in a wound that was eventually four inches across and eight inches down his leg. In January 2023, Romshek started seeing Jeremy Albin, MD, a general surgeon and wound specialist at the W.O.C. Health Center. Every week, Albin would scrape and clean the wound and apply multiple medications to help it heal. Romshek was at the clinic for about an hour each time. “Dr. Albin and the nurses made sure that things weren’t painful during our visits,” said Romshek. “I was grateful for that, because it meant I didn’t need to dread Wednesdays.” On the contrary, Romshek looked forward to seeing Albin. “I couldn’t have gotten a better guy to work on me,” he said. “Our communication skills were back and forth. We’d visit about family and personal stuff. It was as comfortable as comfortable could be.” He said he also greatly appreciated the nurses who were so attentive in caring for his wound. A semi-retired Realtor, Romshek is grateful that the wound has now healed so he can return to his daily life. “For what it looked like at first, it turned out pretty well,” he said. Start your healing today If you’re having trouble with a wound, ask your doctor about wound care. For more information, call the W.O.C. Health Center at 402-562-4620. Brandon Borer, DPM Myron Morse, MD Jeremy Albin, MD — Continued from the previous page ‘As comfortable as comfortable could be’ Doug Romshek
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