Jeremy Renner is out doing some promotion for his Disney+ series, Rennervations. I’m not trying to make light of anything, but this is the most incredible promo tour one could imagine for this show. The series is about Jeremy and his business partner Rory converting some of his fleet of salvaged heavy equipment vehicles into various multipurpose mobile units to meet the needs of organizations. It’s inspirational and uplifting and very Disney. As we know, Jeremy was run over by a snowplow while saving his nephew from a similar fate. The resulting injuries almost killed him but three months later, Jeremy was able to walk the red carpet for his show. It’s all very inspirational and Disney, only it’s real. I can’t believe it. I can believe this story, though, because I know how important it is. Jeremy took time out of his schedule to visit the people who saved his life. He paid a visit to the staff of Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada and posted it to thank them for what they did for him.
Jeremy Renner returned to the hospital that cared for him following the snowplow accident that put his life in danger.
The Hawkeye actor shared on Instagram Stories a series of photos with the medical staff at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada.
“I got to revisit the amazing group of people who saved my life,” he captioned the picture where he posed alongside the medical workers ending the message with praying hands and heart emojis.
Years ago, we talked about what the medical staff meant to us if we’d ever had an experience with an Intensive Care Unit. I told you all I was related to the person in the ICU and we were sure they were going to die. That staff becomes family, you never forget them. Going back to visit them, like Jeremy did, is important for everyone. It’s important for the patient because they literally saved their life. It’s important for the hospital because it raises awareness of their facilities and helps with fundraising. And I assume it’s important to the staff because often the patient leaves and they don’t know what happened next. I would think they get emotionally invested in these folks. Of course, Jeremy is a high-profile case, and they can watch him walking around on camera. He’s also been thanking the hospital and staff in his appearances. But this in person visit was for him. I’m glad he made the time to do it.
I watched the Reno episode of Rennervations. I chose that one because it had Anthony Mackie on it, and I’ll watch just about anything with Mackie in it. The show is sweet. I appreciate what Renner is doing, from recycling the equipment to repurposing them for worthy causes. I really like his partner Rory who is a big teddy bear of a guy. It’s weird to watch now, knowing what we do about the accident after the filming. I kept yelling at the screen for Jeremy to get away from the truck yard. It’s not a particularly dynamic show, but it’s comforting and if you need something feel-good to watch, it’s a safe bet.
Lastly, I missed this when Jeremy spoke about it last week. Apparently Paul Rudd sent Jeremy a fake cameo during his recovery to cheer him up and it’s one of the funnier things I’ve seen in a while.
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Jeremy has really comported himself admirably throughout this ordeal. I watch the Dianne Sawyer interview and came away impressed. He does a lot for his community and his ‘comeback’ is inspiring.
Years ago, my daughter was in Girl Scouts and we did a tour of the first aid squad. Unbeknownst to me, one of the moms had a bad accident a few years prior and met the person who saved her for the first time since the accident. She burst into tears and before I knew it , all of us were crying. Like Hecate said, you never forget the person who saved your life.
I <3 ICU staff. When we were 22 my best friend was hit head on by another car (don't drive sleepy people!) and spent 8 weeks in the hospital, 4 weeks in ICU. I basically lived there with her and the nurses were amazing. Except no one is allowed to sleep in hospitals, what's up with that? Don't they understand why sleep helps? But otherwise, fantastic.
Great story. I enjoy these uplifting stories.
I work at this hospital per diem in ancillary care, and the hospital was very discreet while he was a patient there. No one was briefing or leaking he was there although one could surmise. I am glad he got to heal in privacy and that he is doing so well now. What a terrible accident!
you’re so right about how close we get to ICU staff. Whenever I think of the ICU nurse who took care of my dad in his last days, I still tear up. I’m still in touch with him on facebook and randomly send him shoutouts for being the best – All the love to Nurse Jim and all the other medical staff taking care of our loved ones.
Paul Rudd’s cameo was so funny, especially when he replaced “snow plow” with “snow blower” which obviously you should take care with a snow blower as it is also a sizeable piece of equipment but not as huge as a gigantic snowplow. I dunno if that was intentional but it made me laugh.
I’ve never been a huge fan of Jeremy Renner for reasons I won’t mention but I am glad to see he is doing better. I just hope he remains vigilant with pain meds, it’s so easy to become addicted to those things. My sister has a friend whose brother ODed on pain opioids after having some kind of surgery a few years ago (he was very young, I think late teens or early twenties). It’s good to see his family is supporting him throughout this.
The cardiac ICU nurses who took care of my dad after his emergency quintuple bypass were amazing. They were always so kind and patient with all of our questions, but the biggest moment for me was when a nurse complimented my dad oh his three lovely daughters. That sounds like a normal bit of small talk, but one of my sisters was AMAB and our state is really hostile to trans folx. It was just the right bit of love and kindness that my family needed then.
My husband is an ER doctor. It’s always so meaningful to him when people come back and thank him and his team. One time we stopped at an accident which had just happened and my husband triaged and waited with the victims until the ambulance came (it was rural so the whole thing took awhile). I remember like two years later those people found him and thanked him for doing that, the patient had had such a long recovery and they didn’t know who the doctor was that stopped to help their loved one. My husband was kind of taken aback by it, but apparently they credited him with saving the patient’s life roadside. My husband just always says, I barely did anything, and he always means it too. He’s had it too when people see him and cry because he reminds them of a trauma that didn’t turn out well- like a patient came into the ER coding (not that they blame him, it just he reminds them of that trauma because he was there). It’s hard work for health care providers and it’s kind of Jeremy to thank the medical professionals.
I have not been able to move on from the gut and evidence based feeling that he was financially and emotionally abusive to his ex-wife, and has anger and control issues. including his story about how he treated the first hospital staff after his accident. I don’t mean to make light of what he’s doing now, that’s awesome, but he just seems like he’s great…at an arm’s length.