For those who do not already know, my wife and son are both fighting cancer right now. However, it’s the kindness shown to us over the past few months has been nothing short of amazing to me. Cancer has touched so many lives, and I think people just like to at times, do a little something to let us know we are not alone.
I’d like to list a few of the acts of kindness shown to us. The list will be incomplete, because there are too many to list, but these have stuck with me.
— I took my oldest son to lunch at a local BBQ restaurant, and tried to spoil him a little and get his mind off the troubles we have been facing daily. Somebody paid for our lunch. I have no idea who paid the check. No Clue. Nobody ever approached us nor did I recognize anyone in the restaurant.
— My wife and son are both undergoing Chemotherapy and wear skull caps over their bald heads. My wife took my son to Dick’s Sporting goods to buy a Nike skull cap. At the register, they were told the skull cap and whatever else they needed would be paid for by an anonymous person. Again, we have no idea who paid.
— While traveling in Seattle and visiting a doctor at Seattle Children’s Hospital a few weeks ago, we used some of our down time to take my son to the LEGO Store. The manager at the store recognized how sick he was, and took him around the store personally to show him all the toys he wanted to see. She then asked his mother if she could give him a small gift from the store. She also gave us a discount of the items we bought in the store.
— A local ambulance crew encountered my son on a day when he was extremely ill and needed transport from one hospital to another to take a series of test. My son was so weak, he could not move from one bed to the next to take the tests. The ambulance crew, instead of leaving after delivering him, stayed with him for over two hours while the tests were performed so he would not need to get off the gurney he was on. They also came and checked on him several times during his stay at St Lukes just to make sure he was recovering, and brought him gifts when they came.
— My oldest son plays baseball for Rocky Mountain High School. His team and coaches supported him in every way possible thru the summer season, while the parents have done so much to help the family. These wonderful people banded together to offer rides for my son, a cold drink when we could not be there to get him one, and some of the players have come to our house to mow the grass.
— We have been to St Luke’s a great deal since February when my wife was diagnosed, and even more since June when my son was diagnosed. The nurses there are amazing caregivers and continue to ask to be assigned to my wife or son because, they have adopted them. Those fine people just have to make sure my family is being taken care of in every way, each time we visit.
There are so many people to thank, and no way to remember all of them. I just want you to know, I appreciate you and what you have done for us.
Rick
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