Artist uses talents to thank hospital that saved his life

In just a few months, Lutheran Medical Center in Wheat Ridge will move a few miles down the road and reopen as the new Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital.
Greeting those coming into the new building will sit a sculpture created by a man whose life was saved by those at Lutheran 20 years earlier. He's now hopeful his sculpture will help spark joy for others at the hospital.
Behind Diane and Kevin Robb's Wheat Ridge home, they've created a garden. It's not flowers or fountains but steel and metal bringing it to life.
"But we've made it work, Kevin. We've made it work one way or the other," Diane said.
Their yard houses decades of Kevin's work.
"Kevin has been a sculptor for about 40 years," Diane said.
"Yes," Kevin said in agreement.
But, the artistic road wasn't always one these Boulder High School sweethearts intended to take.
"And we were married for about three years and he came home one day and he said, 'Diane, I can't live without art,'" Diane said. "And I looked at him and said, 'Who is Art?"
The couple's laughter carried them forward as Kevin forged a new path as a sculptor.
"It was January 8, 2004 our life changed," Diane said.
"Yes," Kevin said.
"I found him down in the studio, he had no preexisting conditions at all, nothing that would indicate a problem," Diane said.
At 49 years old, Kevin had a massive stroke. He was taken quickly to Lutheran where he spent 13 days on life support and months after in rehab.