Brenda Herback, 65, contracted listeria meningitis in fall 2024. Now, she needs physiotherapy to recover. But numerous care homes and a rehabilitation centre have turned her down, some citing her short-term memory problems and fatigue as the reason. But Brenda says she is confident that if given the chance to go to rehab, she would recover.
When Brenda Herback woke up the morning she was set to fly to France from Regina for a vacation, she had no idea she would be in a coma in a matter of days.Brenda Herback, 65, contracted listeria meningitis in fall 2024. Now, she needs physiotherapy to recover, but numerous care homes and a rehabilitation centre have turned her down, some citing her short-term memory problems and fatigue.
"You could tell she was struggling. And so we sat her down and she said she was seeing double," Garry said. "For some reason, just jumped from her intestines into her bloodstream and from her bloodstream to her brain," Garry said."I wanted to get her home to be around family and friends," Garry said. "She woke up almost as soon as she got back.""I'd been told something had happened, and a day or two later I don't remember ever hearing about it," she said of her memory.
The Herback family wanted Brenda in the Wascana Rehabilitation Centre, which is run by the SHA, but she was denied due to her short-term memory problems and fatigue."How can you qualify for something if you lay in a bed for four months? So it's pretty hard to qualify when you've lost all the skills you had prior to your illness," Garry said.
Garry Herback stands outside Regina General Hospital, where his wife of 47 years, Brenda, has been treated for listeria meningitis. He says he wants her to get physiotherapy as soon as possible, but calls Saskatchewan's health-care system 'flawed.' Now, the SHA is looking into care homes for Brenda, but Garry said it must be their choice.
"Patients are placed in the program that can best meet their assessed health needs at present. An individual's health status may evolve over time, therefore, a reassessment may be completed during their recovery and care to determine if an alternate program may meet their health care needs," the SHA said.
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