Friday, September 19, 2014

Kentucky Children's Hospital #3



I found a short article online at http://kchcancersurvivors.weebly.com/. The article was titled "KCH Pediatric Cancer Survivor Picnic". This article explains how the staff from the Kentucky Children's Hospital, hosts a picnic for patients from KCH that have battled or are battling cancer. While at the Pediatric Cancer Survivor picnic, the kids can participate in games, win prizes, eat some of their favorite foods, and have fun. This day is used as a "break" from all of the treatment that the kids go through on a daily basis and allows them to truly act like kids and celebrate being a cancer survivor. This article makes me wonder if the hospital has any other events like this that are held for the kids? And if they do, what kind of events are held? Do the kids contribute to ideas of what they would like to have at the picnic? Does anyone else help out with the hosting of the picnic besides the staff? If so, who? I really liked this article because I like the idea of letting these kids be kids, even if it is just for a day. I also like that the staff of the KCH hosts it. This really shows how much the staff cares about their patients. I feel like this would be an amazing thing to be a part of, getting to make a kids day just by hosting a picnic for them. This article also kind of relates to some of my other posts about UK Healthcare having  great staff that cares about their patients and that are passionate about their work.

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