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Pandemic Pets | Anonymous #1822 | This physical memento is a small rubber dog bone to act as a shout out to all the pandemic pets out there! Here's to all the new pets brought into people's home during the pandemic. And here's to all the pets that helped their owners during difficult pandemic times. | Pet; Physical Memento; Dog; Family; Gratitude |
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Matt's Bandana | Nicole Sletta; Matt Shelton | This memento is my former partner's bandana. He passed away at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. He committed suicide. He was 29. We were quarantining in the same town and I was afraid to visit him because I didn't want to expose him/be exposed to covid. I'm submitting this memento to highlight... | Friend; Partner; Story; Virtual Memento; Photograph |
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Mom | Anonymous #1497 | Mom was diagnosed Jan 14, 2022 in the ED with MI, stroke, plural effusion and COVID+. Died Jan 20. I'm immunocompromised and had to watch the funeral at home, alone. | Mother; Virtual Memento; Photograph |
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Trash | Anonymous #1491 | | Virtual Memento; Healthcare Workers; Mask; Photograph; Stranger |
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Two hearts became two angels | Falyn | My husband and I had two little hearts grow during the height of the pandemic in 2021. The first baby we lost naturally by way of a miscarriage- while the second was an ectopic pregnancy, meaning the embryo had to be surgically removed along with the uterine tube it accidentally started to grow into... | Physical Memento; Story; Photograph |
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Laugh to keep from crying | Donna Baluchi | When health sciences students were allowed to return to using our building in May 2020, I was one of the few physically staffing the building. I make funny buttons for students every semester, usually bad puns about medicine, and decided to try and design something that might be funny but didn't see... | Physical Memento; Self; Mask; Photograph; Smile |
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He loved golf | Anonymous #1867 | We lost a wonderful friend to COVID. He loved to golf. This physical memento is a small golf club pendant in his memory. | Friend; Physical Memento; Golf |
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Dropbox Submission: Healthcare Heroes | Anonymous #1829 | These beautiful Healthcare Heroes pins were donated via the U of U Hospital lobby dropbox, to be included in the final art mosaic. | Dropbox Submission; Healthcare Workers; Hospital; Pin |
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Dropbox Submission: Guardian Angel Coin | Anonymous #1831 | This Guardian Angel coin physical memento was dropped in the memento dropbox at the U of U hospital lobby. | Dropbox Submission; Coin; Guardian Angel; Hospital |
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Utah Food Bank | Utah Food Bank | April 28, 2020: Utah Food Bank at Maverik Center. Our largest food distribution event to date, with over 5,000 families served! | Virtual Memento; Giving; Gratitude; Hope; Video |
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Dropbox Submission: Beads | Anonymous #1827 | These beautiful beads were donated via the U of U Hospital lobby dropbox, to be included in the final art mosaic. | Dropbox Submission; Beads; Hospital |
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Dropbox Submission: Angel Wings Clip | Anonymous #1852 | This angel wings clip physical memento was dropped in the memento dropbox at the U of U hospital lobby. | Dropbox Submission; Angel; Hope |
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Lovebirds | Kara Fierro; Isaac Eaves | I was admitted to the hospital for a routine admission for cystic fibrosis. My husband Isaac couldn't visit because of COVID restrictions at that time. His body was so sad to be away from me, so his body created a blood clot so that he could get admitted in the room across from me. True love. <3 I'm... | Husband; Patient Experience; Self; Story; Virtual Memento; Wife; Family; Gratitude; Hospital; Love; Photograph |
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Saving Masks | Anonymous #1861 | At the beginning of the pandemic there was a mask shortage. In some hospitals around the world, healthcare workers had no access to PPE while caring for COVID positive patients, while others had to use the same N95 masks over and over until they fell apart. This pic is of a colleague's office drawe... | Virtual Memento; Healthcare Workers; Mask |
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Eat the pantry | Anonymous #1897 | During lockdown, we were scared to go to the grocery store so we ate what was in the pantry. Lots of forgotten cans and bottles and dried goods got consumed. During a time of great uncertainty, it felt like a small but worthy accomplishment. Ha! Here is a mini spaghetti sauce bottle memento for t... | Physical Memento; Adaptability; Food; Lockdown |
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Good thought | Anonymous #1885 | "Everyday may not be good, but there's something good in every day." | Virtual Memento; Comfort; Faith; Gratitude; Guardian Angel; Hope; Inspiration; Love; Smile |
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Dental Floss | Jonathan Hagn | I bought the cheap stuff the first time I went to the store during lockdown because that was all they had. I thought: "How long could it possibly last?" I never expected two years. | Physical Memento; Dental Floss; Humor; Lockdown |
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Collection Kit | Anonymous #2005 | The weekly COVID-19 sample collection became a ritual of sorts. Enter two-digit number on the pin pad to get a kit from the vending machine. Find a solitary space. Open bag and spill contents onto a lap. Spit or drool and let the funnel carry saliva down the vial to the 3/4 mark. Pop saliva bubbles ... | Physical Memento; Test |
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Tootsie Rolls | Anonymous #2035 | When my dear friend got sick with COVID in Oct 2020, I asked if I could pick anything up for her. In the midst of her hacking cough, shortness of breath, change in smell, and general feeling of illness, all she wanted was a bag of mini tootsie rolls. So, that is what I brought her (and I threw the... | Friend; Physical Memento; Candy; Comfort; Food; Friend; Smile |
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Dropbox Memento: Pins - Stocking - Keychain | Brandon Patterson | Freebies, buttons, and pins I'd receive during conferences seem like so long ago. I found that I would fidget with them during Zoom meetings trying to imagine the day when I'd meet face-to-face with colleagues again. | Dropbox Memento; EHSL; Keychain; Pin; Stocking |
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Dropbox Memento: Healthcare Volunteers | Anonymous #2037 | Three pins placed in the U of U Hospital dropbox that demonstrate an incredible commitment to healthcare volunteerism and community service. | Dropbox Memento; Healthcare Workers; Hospital; Volunteer |
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Dropbox Memento: Spring Skiing | Anonymous #2029 | Photograph memento from the U of U Hospital dropbox. | Dropbox Memento; Hospital; Photograph; Skiing |
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Dropbox Memento: "Be Kind" | Anonymous #2031 | Four Grateful Dead mementos reminding us to "Be Kind" | Dropbox Memento; Hospital; Kindness; Pin |
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In Memory of Keegan Charles Smith | Elizabeth Ann Kirts | This memento is in honor of my son, Keegan Charles Smith. Keegan was born in August of 2004, the third child in my family. He was a spitfire from the beginning. He also struggled with depression and anxiety. As the pandemic started and school shut downs began I was worried. The isolation from his fr... | Physical Memento; Son; Story; Family; Grief |
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Dropbox Memento: Surfboard - Shells - Glasses | Anonymous #2066 | More physical mementos for the final art piece! | Dropbox Memento; Airplane; Glasses; Keychain; Necklaces; Pin; Shells; Surfboard |