by: alec salloum
roshelle montgomery wanted to make sure her husband knew she was there.
warren montgomery
, 42, was afraid of being alone at the end.
so after battling covid-19 herself, roshelle drove to the regina general hospital on april 20 — after their two young daughters and family from louisiana and georgia said their goodbyes virtually — to hold warren’s hand one last time.
“i stayed for maybe an hour alone with him,” she said. “i made sure he knew.”
it took 18 days from warren’s positive covid-19 diagnosis on easter to his death on tuesday morning.
inside the intensive care unit (icu), montgomery said she met angels in the health-care workers dealing with a nightmare.
“the amount of compassion they showed my husband, there was nothing but positivity in that room,” she said.
“they accommodated everything. every call, every facetime request. everything. that’s just for warren. they have how many other patients there?”
the icu was at times loud, but almost always hectic. she described the scenes from the hospital as being straight out of a movie. the teamwork shone through, as did the professionalism, compassion and care of the medical staff.
but the nightmare she saw was the scope of their task.