Experience Journals: Grateful for the families at Boston Children ’s Hospital

Danny Deitz, above with his parents, is a heart transplant patient of Dr. Elizabeth Blume’s The Experience Journals Project shares the stories of kids, teens, and health care providers at Boston Children’s Hospital. This project features the collective wisdom of over 250 families and 150 health care professionals. While each Journal has a different topic, every Journal includes providers who are grateful for the chance to work with the amazing children and families at Boston Children’s Hospital. Here are some of their experiences, in their own words: Thank you I think probably the most challenging and the most rewarding thing in this job is taking care of these incredible families. Every day I learn something new about parenting from these parents and about perseverance from these kids. The biggest challenges are the biggest rewards, because they go hand in hand, and it’s such an honor to be part of their journey. Elizabeth Blume, MD, Heart Transplant Program medical director, Transplant Journal This job is one that challenges you to be a better person every day. It really makes you take a different perspective on things. The kids and the families are so inspiring for what they go through, what they want to do to help others, the connection they feel with their community of other transplant patients and with people in general: I think that’s an extremely rewarding part of it. Obviously it’s challenging work, just the nature of it, and you have to be prepared...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Our Patients’ Stories Experience Journal Source Type: news