Dean Cortese:  

Dean's schools include Saint Victor School, Piedmont Hills High School. Dean works(ed) at Where Do You Currently Work?, Care Medical. More about Dean:"1.Dear Mr. Kneeland, In caring for the elderly, I expect that you hear about many cases when the best efforts fail and death ensues.. Perhaps you may be interested in learning about the superior performance of one of your employees, Dean Cortese, who saved my wife's life. My wife, Mary, has ALS which was causing atrophy of her hands. During the course of several months, her energy level gradually and seriously diminished. Now we know this was caused by a gradual buildup of CO2 in her respiratory system that was poisoning her, but this was not diagnosed at that time. Her cardiac doctor prescribed a cannula to administer oxygen at night. The first night, the oxygen increased the buildup of CO2, because Mary was not exhaling properly, and this triggered a total collapse of her respiratory system during the night. By the time Dean got to her at about 11 am the next morning, Mary had been comatose for about five hours. We told Dean we had not called 911 because Mary had said repeatedly that she wants to die at home, not in the hospital, and all the family members who by then had gathered in the room agreed with that decision. Dean respected that decision, advised that the chances of survival were small, but said he would do everything possible to try to bring her back. This was November 2, and we told Dean that our goal was to at least get her through Thanksgiving when all our grandchildren would be here. After about two hours, Mary still ap...Expand for more