Burn patient celebrates prom with his nurse at the JMS Burn Center at Doctors Hospital of Augusta

“Seventeen-year-old Jayden Catoe and his brother have been concerned in an accident this previous fall that resulted in large burns for Jayden. Since final October, he has been on the Joseph M. Nonetheless (JMS) Burn Heart at Docs Hospital of Augusta, an affiliate of Burn and Burn and Reconstructive of America. Not fairly effectively sufficient to depart the burn heart for his promenade, the burn ICU workers determined to convey promenade to Jayden.

At 6:30 p.m. Might 20^th, within the adorned foyer of the Fred Mullins M.D. Tower on the Joseph M. Nonetheless Burn Heart, Jayden and his promenade date, Burn ICU nurse Kaitlin Williamson, danced the evening away in true promenade style.

“I took care of him quite a bit, and it was tremendous candy that he thought to ask me,” Williamson mentioned. “Being within the unit can really feel isolating at instances, and restoration might be tough, so I made certain to joke with him usually and raise his spirits throughout our time collectively!”

“Jayden confronted a sequence of challenges following his accident with burns over 60% of his physique and having kind 1 diabetes,” states Dr. Richard Cartie, Director of Pediatric Vital Care Companies on the JMS Burn Heart. “With the assistance of his mom, who has been there day by day, and the wonderful workers on the JMS Burn Heart, he has met all of his challenges head-on and is getting very near heading house.”