Taylor adds that he tries to prepare families as to what the patient will look like when he or she reaches the recovery area. Mended Hearts members see anywhere from three to 10 patients a week. Upon their initial recovery from cardiac surgery, patients are given a heart pillow to hold against their chests when they cough and move. Mended Hearts and the Telephone Pioneers, a service organization for telephone company employees with which Taylor is also active, create and donate these to heart patients. Mended Hearts buys the material, and the Telephone Pioneers buy the stuffing and do most of the sewing.
Nurses issue the pillows to patients upon their return from surgery.
Taylor says Mended Hearts, the patients he meets and their families are very important to him. Contact our webmaster.