TEENAGERS BATTLING CANCER LEAVE HOSPITAL, WORRIES BEHIND TO TOUR ATLANTA, GEORGIA THANKS TO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION

Driscoll Children’s Hospital patients return
Thursday, March 27  •  3:26 p.m.

(Corpus Christi, TX) Five teens and a nurse from Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s Hematology and Oncology clinic attended the 7th Annual Sunshine Kids Atlanta Getaway, and will be returning on March 27, 2008 to Corpus Christi International Airport at 3:26 p.m. While in Atlanta, the teens are kept busy all day with activities such as a tour of CNN world headquarters, a tour of Coca Cola, an Atlanta Hawks game, and a day at Six Flags Over Georgia, among other things.

The trip, funded by the Sunshine Kids Foundation, allowed the teens to forget about the hospital and procedures and gave them a chance to let loose and have fun. “Going on a Sunshine Kids trip is such an amazing opportunity for children who have or have had cancer.  They get to have fun with other kids who have been through some of the same treatments that they have been through. It is a privilege to be invited on a Sunshine Kids trip, especially since they only take representation from about seven hospitals each time.  This will be our second time to be invited.  We are so grateful for this chance,” says Amber Lewis, a nurse at Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s Hematology and Oncology Clinic.

Oncology patients between the ages of 11 – 17 attended the week-long adventure. The Sunshine Kids Foundation is a non-profit organization that is committed to providing quality group activities and emotional support to kids who are receiving cancer treatment in hospitals across America.

About Driscoll Children’s Hospital
“Improve the health of adults and you give them back their health …
Improve the health of children and you give them their life.”

Since opening its doors in 1953, Driscoll Children’s Hospital has been offering hope and healing to the children of South Texas for half a century. The facility is a 189-bed pediatric tertiary care center with pediatric board-certified specialists representing 19 medical and nine surgical specialties. Each year, more than 6,000 children are admitted for inpatient care, 5,000 for day surgery, and 50,000 for outpatient primary and specialty care, as well as 40,000 for emergency care, as the first South Texas hospital with emergency services exclusively for children. Additionally, Driscoll maintains a state-of-the-art ground/air transport team, 20-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit, and specialized medical outreach.

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