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Carrie Guffey\u00a0 \u00a0Photo courtesy of CSU Athletics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nurse, cancer warrior and \u2018true team player\u2019 worked through treatment <\/strong><\/p>\n

UCHealth nurse Carrie Guffey was having routine bloodwork done in January 2022 when she received an \u201cout of the blue\u201d call from an oncologist: They found cancer in her blood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never had symptoms,\u201d said Guffey, labor and delivery nurse at UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies (MCR) in Loveland. \u201cThey called me and said, \u2018You have this type of leukemia. You need to go to Anschutz Medical Campus. They\u2019re holding a bed for you, and you\u2019ll be there four to six weeks.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI had two hours. They wanted to start treatment as soon as possible. It was pretty intense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guffey immediately left for Aurora and checked into UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH). The next morning, she woke up to see \u201ceveryone totally gowned up and masked up.\u201d<\/p>\n

She learned she had tested positive on admission for COVID-19. She still had no symptoms, but because she was immunocompromised, it took weeks for her body to clear the virus.<\/p>\n

Because of the COVID-19 diagnosis, Guffey was required to be isolated on a surgical floor, rather than the oncology unit, for most of her stay and treatment at the hospital. Her two young children and her husband, a firefighter, would primarily talk with her through a digital tablet for the next month.<\/p>\n

Months of outpatient treatment with arsenic infusions followed. Guffey said she counted her blessings that she didn\u2019t experience strong nausea or fatigue. In April, she was able to start coming in to pick up shifts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just filled my heart to come and not be the patient \u2013 to be the nurse was just fantastic,\u201d she said. Colleagues helped to make sure she didn\u2019t need to go in rooms where patients were infectious.<\/p>\n

Guffey gradually increased her time at work and, a year later, is back up to full, 12-hour shifts twice per week. The cancer isn\u2019t officially in remission, but she said she\u2019s on a waiting period while monitoring lab results.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarrie is an incredible nurse with a long history of being a true team player on the mother-family unit,\u201d nurse manager Laurie Dupuis said. \u201cWe were incredibly saddened to learn of her cancer diagnosis. We knew she was a fighter, and we were beyond willing to support her through her journey of recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarrie was insistent to continue to work through her treatment when the plan allowed. It was an exciting day to have Carrie back (at full capacity) and caring for moms and babies, which is truly her passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guffey said the support of her family as well as her nursing colleagues helped her get through the challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year was the biggest curveball I could have ever expected,\u201d she said, adding that she appreciates her health and being able to come into work. \u201cSomeone said, \u2018We can tell you\u2019re having fun and smiling with a mask on.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Carrie Guffey and her family celebrate “Fight Like a Ram” night at Colorado State University. Photo courtest CSU Athletics.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Feb. 4, Guffey was honored among other UCHealth cancer warriors at the Colorado State University men\u2019s basketball Fight Like a Ram<\/a> game, where the players swapped the names on their jerseys out for those of patients.<\/p>\n

Guffey has been a mother-and-family nurse for 16 years, and she started at MCR when it opened. Growing up, she would sometimes accompany her mother to the labor and delivery unit where she was a scrub tech.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the exact type of nursing I wanted to do,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of my nature, taking care of people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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