My husband and I with our two little kids just moved to the east coast in October. Prior to moving out here, I have had the wonderful opportunity of working as a respiratory therapist at two amazing children's hospitals over the last 8 years. I was trained for all the units in the hospital and floated to the various units depending on patient acuity; however, my core unit was the PICU (pediatric ICU). My specialty is with issues concerning the lungs, such as asthmatics, CF (Cystic Fibrosis) patients, SMA (spinal muscular atrophy) patients, and ventilated patients. When I was 18, my mother was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. After 6 months of hospitals, my mother unfortunately passed away. During that time, I fell in love with the aspect of patient care. I wanted to be in a position to help families the way all the hospital care givers helped my mom and my family. For the last 5 years, I have been so blessed to have the opportunity to volunteer at Trails Edge Ventilator Camp. For 5 days, I am able to help 30 different kids (some ventilated and wheel-chair bound but all requiring some respiratory support) experience things that due to their disease/illness may be limited, such as going up in a tree house, riding a horse, and swimming. I love meeting families. I love being able to make a difference in someone's life. I love kids. I love my job!
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