Editor,
I would like to extend tremendous appreciation to Student Health & Counseling for coming to my rescue.
UNM has great people working at SHAC who care for all students, staff and faculty. I am a staff member and I had an episode of respiratory distress. Contract workers were creating a lot of fine dust that was coming down from the ceiling in Mesa Vista Hall.
My lungs and throat began to constrict and it was becoming difficult for me to breathe.
Jessica Spurrier, the SHAC health education manager, saw me in Mesa Vista Hall and noticed how bad I was and made sure I got to SHAC. Immediately, the medical staff assessed me and took me to a treatment room and treated me with a shot of Benadryl for the allergic reaction I was having to all the fine dust I had breathed into my lungs.
If it weren’t for these people, I do not want to know what could have happened. I would like to let the UNM community know that we have top-notch medical personnel on campus at SHAC. Thank you.
Reuben Estrada
UNM staff
