和平沙利文从未踏足内MD安德森。尽管苏利文住在1100英里之外的佛罗里达州迈阿密,但在她心中,这个机构有着特殊的地位。
“我女儿女婿去MD安德森当她被诊断出患有乳腺癌在25岁的时候接受治疗,”她说。其他机构对她的消息都是负面的,但谢天谢地,她去了德克萨斯州。十年后,她有了两个漂亮的孩子。”
当苏利文的孙子被诊断出患有白血病,她想出了一个新奇的想法。
“我最采取这些未满足的需求的人正在经历没有人会想到,”沙利文说。“举个例子,有给孩子们享受游乐区,但它本来不错,如果每个孩子都会有一台iPad或为那些很长时间化疗的日子个别玩具。”
与工作社会工作系在MD安德森,沙利文做出专门用于支持未想到的,癌症患者和他们的家庭的需求$ 100,000加的礼物。
“我们已经得到了最好的医生。我们知道我们的病人已经非常良好的医疗照顾,”玛格丽特迈耶,主任,社会工作说。“但是,我们也希望确保他们已经得到了所有来帮助其他的支持让他们完成整个过程。这就是社会工作的用武之地。”
Sullivan的基金已经被善加利用。在很短的时间,它一直可用,它被用于:
“这件礼物是真正超越黄金的礼物,”卡蜜拉威甘特,社会工作辅导员说MD安德森。“这些家庭看到100美元或200美元,但他们觉得是50万美元。他们不再感到孤独,因为他们看到有人关心他们。它很强大。”
沙利文希望她的礼物可能会激发其他人的长远目标。“当人们因此受到癌症等疾病不堪重负,这是很难清楚和工作想在你的生活的其他细节,”她说。“我希望,在一条小路上,该基金可能使这部分只是一点点更容易。”
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