our amazing team

The pediatric hematology/oncology clinic is not an easy place to be around the holidays.  We get fed very well by our families, but we always seem to have too many children diagnosed around the holidays.  This year has been no exception, and like everywhere else, COVID has left a mark, affecting patients as well as staff, and every member of our team has been under the stress of knowing we cannot get ill, because these children need us.  The week of 12/14 was one of the busiest weeks we have had in the 16 years I have been here.  Our nurse manager, the wonderful Karrie Moses, RN, had gotten some help for our nurses as they were doing chemotherapy, infusions, transfusions, bone marrows, lumbar punctures and sedations.  I heard not one complaint from anyone.  They love these children to their core and would do anything--and did everything--for them.  So a very special thank you to Amber Sawyer, RN, our incredible CTL who has made these kids her own, Lisa Grubb, RN who efficiently worked harder than ever, Megan Ringstaff, RN and Melila Hunter, RN who both graciously came to help, Wendy McCarty, CRA who wore many hats that week, and Kellie Overstreet, HAA, who did everything she could to help from home.  We are so grateful for these talented, compassionate human beings who do very hard things, even in the worst of times, with smiles on their faces.  Merry Christmas and wishes for a healthy and rewarding New Year.  

Sincerely, 

the Peds H/O Docs