Hospital staff carrying a patient鈥檚 flower deliveries. Image: Facebook/@Lafayette General
For more than 12 days and counting, a loving husband has been sending bouquets of flowers to his wife to give her strength while she fights the new coronavirus disease at the hospital.
Kay Pelican could not stay by his wife Chenella鈥檚 side due to hospital visitor restrictions, as per 笔别辞辫濒别听yesterday, Aug. 19.
The 44-year-old woman was admitted to the Lafayette General Health in Louisiana, United States earlier this month. Pelican began sending flowers to his wife on Aug. 5, in the hopes that it would show his love for her even from afar, and he has not stopped since.
The hospital also showed the colorful rose arrangements in various sizes that the 43-year-old man sends, via its Facebook page on Tuesday, Aug. 18.
鈥淩omance can get a little complicated when a spouse is hospitalized for #COVID19,鈥� the hospital said. 鈥淏ut that hasn鈥檛 stopped one man who鈥檚 been sending flowers daily since his wife has been in our facility 鈥斅�12 days and counting!鈥�
The hospital noted that Pelican鈥檚 鈥減erspective makes our nurses鈥� day as much as his wife鈥檚.鈥�
鈥淗ere鈥檚 to love in the time of COVID,鈥� the hospital added.
鈥淯sually when one of us is in the hospital, we sit with each other, so this was the only way I could be there,鈥� Pelican was quoted as saying.
鈥淚 can鈥檛 be by her bedside but I gotta let her know in some kind of way that I鈥檓 there,鈥� he added.
While Chenella is still confined, the couple has been communicating through video calls facilitated by the hospital nurses. Pelican said that his wife is currently unable to talk but is aware of the flower deliveries.
Despite going viral due to the hospital鈥檚 post, the husband clarified that he was not doing the gesture for recognition.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the woman that I鈥檝e been with for 20 years and been married to for 19,鈥� he said in the report. 鈥淚 do things like that because we鈥檝e been together so long and it means so much to her and means so much to me.鈥�
A manager at the hospital, Michelle Broussard, admitted that Pelican鈥檚 actions 鈥渂oosted their morale鈥� in the hospital.
鈥淎lthough the pandemic is scary and we are all adjusting to this new normal, there is still plenty of good happening all around us,鈥� Broussard was quoted as saying. 鈥淚n the midst of uncertainty, love really does prevail.鈥澛�Cha Lino/JB
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