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Published Brownsville Herald August 11, 2008

Over the last year I have written about personal experiences in medical care and two hospitals that I was treated by. I can now share experiences of Valley Baptist and critical care hospital, Solara.

Over the past few months I have had to deal with a rare skin disease and a crop of slow healing wounds that followed an earlier serious illness.

I pointed out a number of exceptional circumstances and some great health professionals. I met folks like Martine a wound care and physical therapy technician who recently was name as Valley Regional’s best trooper, and I can attest to that.

Due to some issues arising in the care after the hospitalization I was referred to the Valley Baptist Hospital Wound Center where I encountered Dr. Lorenzo Pelly, an icon in Brownsville Health. He emigrated from Cuba and subsequently came to Brownsville in 1982. Many can thank him for guiding their recoveries.

He found some problems that needed a more intense program and referred me to Solara Hospital that provides more in the way of critical care. There I met more great health care folks like Jamie, a charge nurse and Fred, a former military medic, who were not only skilled professionals but nice folks as well. The staff as a whole was well practiced and knowledgeable about their duties. My treatments were accomplished when needed, which on occasion found Dr. Pelly performing wound care in the early hours of the morning supported by the staff. Over the weeks, I became impressed with the doctor’s study of my medical problems and the implications of the unusual skin issues. We are progressing, even though slowly. More »