Patient & Family Stories
Unique Lessons & Life Experiences
Stories from others touched by hospice…
From Osage Beach, MO - The Littlest Fireman....
It all began when Hospice Care Consultant Tony Ward decided to go to Chili’s with his wife in April 2008. A pleasant waitress approached Tony and his wife and he struck up a conversation asking her if she and her family lived in Osage Beach. Her name was Amanda, and she told him they were from Lake Ozarks and getting ready to take her son on a trip to Disney World for the “Make A Wish” foundation. When she returned to Tony’s table, he asked if it was ok to inquire about her son’s diagnosis. Amanda replied describing that her son had a rare form of brain stem cancer, and that it was very aggressive. His name was Colton, and he was only 3 years old....click here to read more.
From Macon, MO - Together Again....
DeAnn Pope’s best friend worked at a convenience store in Kirksville, where one day in August of 2009 she noticed the Hospice Compassus badge on one of her regular gas customers. She struck up a conversation with the Hospice Compassus nurse, talking about her best friend whose Mom was just diagnosed with end-stage lung cancer with mets and whose father was in a hospital in St. Louis on a ventilator and taking dialysis, unaware of his wife’s diagnosis. She said her friend and her sister were desperate for help....click here to read more.
From Casa Grande, AZ - Contribution
On 6/17/09, David Corral was admitted for services to Hospice Compassus-Casa Grande. After being diagnosed with cancer of the maxillary sinus in November of 2007, he had Chemotherapy, Radiation and Surgical Resection. After Recurrence of the disease, David opted for hospice services. Within a few days of admission to the program.....click here to read more.
From Lakeside, AZ - Open Arms.....
“Recently, I contacted RTA Hospice for my daddy. They treated him with respect and kindness and saw to his every need. When the time came to move my dad to the hospice facility in Lakeside, we were greeted by the staff and nurses with open arms. We spent six days there – my dad was letting go, and I was holding on. Without the understanding and guidance from the nurses and doctors....click here to read more.
From Monroe, LA - Memorial Day to Remember.....
“It was Memorial Day when 2 ½ year old Jake Raborn was diagnosed with cancer of the liver. For more than two years he received an endless cycle of treatments from world renowned specialists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.....click here to read more.
From Sedona, AZ - Common Passion.....
When Ron Hawley, social worker for RTA Hospice in Sedona, met the 86-year-old patient assigned to him, he could not help but wonder where they had met before. Ron knew immediately that there was a connection and was determined to get to the bottom of it. As they talked, Ron learned that this lady had been a traveling gospel singer, and it was at this mention that a memory returned to him.....click here to read more.
From Detroit, MI - Loving Grandparents.....
My grandparents, Bob and Ruth Roosevelt, both passed away years ago within nine months of each other. Words cannot begin to describe the way I felt. My grandparents were amazing. They raised me, and everything that was wonderful and good in my life came from them.....click here to read more.
From Branson, MO - Grateful Daughter.....
At the age of 89, our father had been hospitalized once again for congestive heart failure. Dad, a devout Christian, did not fear death. A farmer, he had spent his life being outdoors, active, self-sufficient, and in-charge of meeting challenges. Now, the confinement and procedures were taking their mental, physical and spiritual toll on him.....click here to read more.
