By caring for and supporting patients and their loved ones, like Janet and husband Jeremy, we can help create special moments:
“Jeremy was referred to the hospice once he’d been given a short prognosis. I didn’t want him to come, but he was very keen. He had a fear of being in pain, a fear of being uncared for, which had been our experience of the hospital system. But within 48 hours, all of my fears were gone. We moved ourselves into Jeremy's room and it became a home from home. The staff became extended family, we were loved, cared for, and we spent two weeks living in a bubble of loveliness.
When Jeremy’s final hours came around, he was able to spend them feeling loved, supported and peaceful. I was supported all the way through, and I felt loved just as much as he was.
I feel part of a very special family at the hospice, one that we hope we never need. None of us want to need that, but if you do need it, it is the most precious thing in the world. It gave us our two weeks of living in a bubble of loveliness, that I will carry with me forever.
Not only have the hospice provided me with Bereavement Services and therapy, they’ve also allowed me to become a greater part of their family, by being involved in some of their fundraising activities.
The hospice will always be close to our hearts now, and we are more than happy to help in any way that we can, to support them and the work they do moving forwards, and to give other people the same opportunity that we had, to have their own little bubble.”
Because of supporters like you, we were able to say ‘yes’ to Jeremy and Janet when it mattered most. Their story is just one of many moments made possible by the kindness of our community.
Watch Janet's full story here to learn more about her experience at Teesside Hospice and how we supported her.
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