OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) – “I’ve never been sick like this before, it’s new, I was so scared and I always thought I wouldn’t make it,” said artist Danny Reyes.
He recovered from COVID and immediately put his thoughts, feelings, and emotions on canvas.
“What means a lot to me is my art. I’m really passionate about it, so I know as soon as I get home it’s going to be the first thing I do, this gift is for the people who have saved lives. my life,” he said.
He was still not fully recovered when he started painting.
“I’m going to have a bit of a hard time, so I’m going to have to slow down,” Reyes said.
The nurses who helped him are his superheroes.
“They’re going to come in with such happiness and just be happy to be there, so I’m starting to feel that way,” Reyes said.
His appreciation is one that goes unnoticed, and sometimes, much needed.
“Every day is a different day. You can have really bad days, you can have really good days but look at that picture, on the days you know it’s going to be tough, you look at it. That picture and you know we’re doing Tiffany Whitney, Nebraska Medicine’s supervising nurse practitioner in Bellevue, tell a difference in someone’s life.
The picture captures something that struck a chord with Reyes; outstanding nurse’s eyes and kindness.
Reyes said: “I could tell them from their voices and their eyes.
“That picture, if you’ve ever been in the COVID unit, the only thing you’ve ever seen is our eyes. We have masks and visors and gowns, and to know that what they see. are our eyes,” Whitney.
The picture is a reminder to the nurses of their energy.
“Every day is a battle for us to get people back home to their families,” Whitney said.
The painting hangs in the foyer of Nebraska Medicine in Bellevue.
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