FROM PATIENT TO PROVIDER: LAURA’S STORY

About Me
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My name is Laura Rohe. I’m a nurse from Omaha, Nebraska, working in private practice. I have spent the last 27 years working for Allergy Asthma and Immunology Associates as the immunoglobulin (IG) nurse coordinator for our patients on IG and then for hereditary angioedema (HAE) patients. And I'm personally also a primary immunodeficiency (PI) patient as well and have been on immunoglobulins since 1989.
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My Path to Nursing
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When I was 14, I was diagnosed with common variable immune deficiency (CVID). I was lucky enough to be diagnosed at an early age and have an immunologist in my area. I was fortunate to start on infusions right away - I worked very closely with nurses in the office and then switched to home infusion.
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I really got to know and appreciate my home infusion nurse. And I started really liking the idea of being a nurse. So, when the time came, I went to nursing school and ended up working at my immunologist office. Being diagnosed myself drew me to work in the field of immunology with primary immune deficiency patients.
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