Dear
Compassionate Touch -
Thank
you for your assistance with this patient's needs. When I gave
him the confirmation information, he started to cry and couldn't
believe that there were as nice of people at Lifeline. He voiced
that his life was at stake and if he hadn't come to Houston that
he knew that he would not be alive today. He spoke of the cost
of a life - how he didn't want to put a dollar amount to his;
however, when he thought that he had no way to get back home he
questioned if it would have been better for his family for him
just to die instead of having the rest of his and their lives
to pay off the cost of his life. It was a good opportunity to
explain that someone gave up his life for ours. Thanks for your
help. And thanks for all those people who are caring enough to
help patients and families as this one. They were truly grateful.
Gloria
Daughtry, LCSW
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Dear Ms
Rosa Winfrey,
I also wanted you to know that I received a thank you card from
a patient's family who you helped with a hotel stay. I would
like for you to know what was said in the card.
"Thank you for your help and thoughtfulness when we were
there at the hospital during Jason's surgery for the brain tumor.
Thank you for the HOSPITALITY of putting us up in a hotel close
to the hospital. Prior to your assistance we had slept in our
car for 2 cold and rainy nights. We had only enough money for
gas to get to Houston (from Mississippi).
LOVE and LIGHT and Gratitude,
Will & Lynn."
Thank you for all that you do for my patients. I work in the
neuro ICU and so many of my families need your help.
Jenni Knox , LMSW
The Methodist Hospital
Clinical Effectiveness & Social Work Department
May
14, 2008
Compassionate Touch recently traveled to Dallas to meet with
Southwest Transplant Alliance and the North Texas network of
transplant social workers. This very important and
active network of Dallas area social workers meets every other
month or so in order to share resources and to support one another
so they can better support patients in need of life-saving
organ transplants.
The social workers were thrilled to learn of this new resource
that will most certainly help them to support patients facing
financial crises.
Southwest Transplant Alliance and the transplant social workers
of North Texas welcome Compassionate Touch to our area and thank
this wonderful organization, in advance, for the tremendous
help it is sure to provide.
Pam
Silvestri
Southwest Transplant Alliance - Dallas
