A RECENT CANCER PATIENT AT SIOUX CITY’S ST. LUKE’S UNITYPOINT HEALTH CENTER RETURNED TO THANK HIS CAREGIVERS THURSDAY WITH A SPECIAL OUTDOOR CEREMONY.
RUSS GUTHRIDGE OF AURELIA AND HIS WIFE RELEASED 50 WHITE DOVES AS A SIGN OF LOVE, NEW BEGINNINGS AND BLESSINGS TO HIS CAREGIVERS:
DOVES1 OC………VERY DIFFICULT. :11
HALEY BREWER WAS THE LEAD NURSE WHO CARED FOR GUTHRIDGE:
DOVES2 OC…….TO SAY THANK YOU. :25
GUTHRIDGE SAYS BREWER AND THE NURSES HELPED HIM ENDURE HIS CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY:
DOVES4 OC………REALLY MADE IT BEARABLE. :15
THE DOVES TOOK FLIGHT, CIRCLED THE HOSPITAL, AND BEGAN THEIR 60 MILE JOURNEY BACK HOME TO AURELIA.
GUTHRIDGE HAS RAISED AND TRAINED THE BIRDS FOR NEARLY 15 YEARS AND SAYS THEY ALWAYS FIND THEIR WAY HOME:
DOVES3 OC……….GET THERE (LAUGHS) :08
GUTHRIDGE SAYS THE BIRDS ALSO TAKE PART IN RACING EVENTS, AND CAN FIND THEIR WAY HOME FROM UP TO 600 MILES AWAY.
