{"id":83392,"date":"2025-06-05T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=83392"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:46:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:46:21","slug":"our-stories-keith-hicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/our-stories-keith-hicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Hicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_83393\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83393\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-83393\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/02133933\/YMEP-Keith-Hicks-web-version.webp\" alt=\"A photo of Keith Hicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-83393\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keith Hicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>YVMC cook takes a fresh approach to healing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Keith Hicks, a cook at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, was busy making a salad in the kitchen when his manager, Liz Wahl, stopped by during night rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the end of service, and everything had already been put away and cleaned up,\u201d said Wahl. \u201cKeith told me he just learned of a patient on the floor who was going to be NPO (nothing by mouth) soon and was craving a salad. So, there was Mr. Sunshine, as I call him, sharing his positive energy with this patient who was facing a procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love this place \u2013 my co-workers, the hospital, the location, the fact that I can ride my mountain bike to work,\u201d he said. \u201cI tend to be a positive person and always have been. Maybe it was my parents and being raised in a good family environment. Positivity can be contagious \u2013 in a good way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hicks prepared a large bowl of greens for the patient and surrounded it with smaller bowls containing a variety of additional ingredients like avocado, nuts, onions, green peppers, mushrooms and \u201cthe good ranch, not the stuff in the packet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took me hardly any time and the patient was very appreciative,\u201d said Hicks.<\/p>\n<p>Another time, a patient had a very limited diet and was avoiding garlic, onions and a number of other ingredients. It was important to Hicks that she received a meal she liked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went to the patient\u2019s room and said, \u2018Here\u2019s everything I have. What can I make you?\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s important that patients eat while they\u2019re in the hospital, and if we can prepare something that sounds good and that they like, it helps them heal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hicks has been a member of Yampa Valley Medical Center\u2019s food and nutrition services team for five years and worked as a security contractor at the hospital for 12 years before that.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a man of many talents, supporting various tasks in the kitchen. He cooks, supports the food service line, works behind the register and makes coffee drinks as a barista at Yampa Joe\u2019s, the medical center\u2019s coffee bar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the kitchen, there\u2019s always something to prep and look forward to, whether it\u2019s the next meal service, a catering order or making something for the next person in line,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hicks always shares his positive attitude with customers asking, \u201cWhat brings you to this fine establishment?\u201d instead of saying, \u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking at a hospital, you never know why someone is here or what the person might be going through. Some people tell me they\u2019re here for an appointment or an x-ray or are visiting a friend,\u201d he said. \u201cI remember one person responded, \u2018Today I\u2019m cancer free, and I\u2019m going to live.\u2019 I\u2019ll always remember that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><div class=\"su-row\">\n<div class=\"su-column su-column-size-2-3 su-column-centered\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>You Make Extraordinary Possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Together, we recognize and honor the qualities within ourselves by shining a spotlight on how each and every one of us improve lives in big ways and small.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uchealthpoints.isrewards.com\/Recognition\/Award\/FormFlex.aspx?pr=JAwX5qZPSOA=&#038;m=N\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-flat\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#A22343;border-color:#821c36;border-radius:56px\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:40px;border-color:#be657c;border-radius:56px;text-shadow:none\"> Share a story<\/span><\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YVMC cook takes a fresh approach to healing Keith Hicks, a cook at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, was busy making a salad in the kitchen when his manager, Liz Wahl, stopped by during night rounds. \u201cIt was the end of service, and everything had already been put away and cleaned up,\u201d said Wahl. \u201cKeith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2146,"featured_media":83393,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"on","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Relevanssi image attachment filter Relevanssi index exclude","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4826],"class_list":["post-83392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-you-make-extraordinary-possible"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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