- The COVID-19 pandemic was a difficult time for healthcare workers across the country and the world.
- While some read books or go outside, a woman in Utah found a unique way to help herself get through it.
- Lexi, an X-ray technician at Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, decided to build her own miniature hospital and an entire community around it.
the pandemic of COVID-19 It was a difficult time for healthcare workers across the country and the world.
While some read books or go outside, a woman in Utah found a unique way to help herself through it.
Lexi, one x-ray technique in the Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful, he decided to build his own miniature hospital and an entire community around it.
“St. Marci’s” is located in “Lexiville”, a busy LEGO metropolis full of activities waterfront, a fire station, a zoo, coffee shops, donut shops, a newspaper, and much, much more.
“Lexiville” is a fictional creation
Lexiville is a fictional creation which forms an incredible collection of people and buildings, all from Lexi’s imagination.
It was a source of relaxation for her during the pandemic, as it always has been.
It all started with a little fire truck when he was about five years old and has grown into a hobby.
Lexi and her partner now also have a website called “Chicks with Brix”, where They sell all kinds of Lego pieces. of games they bought or leftovers they have.
That supply has allowed them to build some of the most amazing parts ever released and create the incredible Lexiville.
“I don’t know, it’s kind of therapeutic about putting the pieces together, just building things. This is how I do my creative side,” said Lexi. “That was the beginning, and then it grew and grew, and then I started getting ideas for new buildings. I thought: ‘Hey, let’s make a hospital’”.
A hospital was the perfect fit because when she’s not helping her Lego characters, Lexi is helping real-life patients with her work on the system. Mountain Star Healthcare.
“Just to be able to use that to help people, I’m very passionate about it,” he said.
However, the design of this new hospital was inspired by a real life hospital.
The construction is perfect down to the smallest detail. If you were a Lego character, you’d be in good hands there.
“I just use my experience to inform the design and layout of the entire build,” he said. “I built, like, kind of a shell at first.”
Then the work went inside, where there is a radiology department, an x-ray room including an adjustable x-ray tube, a CT scanner, an operating room, patient rooms, an emergency room, a nursery, an optometrist, a helicopter. with a landing pad, and more.
Beyond that, there are backstories for each character within the hospital.
“There are a couple of construction workers in the emergency room. One of them has dislocated his arm, he is in a lot of pain,” she said, describing one of the many backstories. “The other one just got some pain medication, so he seems a little crazy.”
Right next door is “Pride Square”, which Lexi built herself.
“I’m very proud of that,” she said.
“I named it after my favorite surgeon, Marci Bowers,” Lexi said.
Dr. Marci Bowers is a pioneer in gender confirmation/affirmation surgery and is also the first transgender woman to perform this type of surgery.
“She is my personal surgeon,” Lexi added. “I love her to death, she is an amazing human being.”
Lexiville and St. Marci’s are now talking points at the actual Lakeview Hospital, inspiring their entire staff.
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