Sunshine (https://www.campsunshine.org/), the year-round resort for pediatric patients with life threatening illnesses and their families, as well as the work of tireless researchers and fundraisers at A Kids’ Brain Tumor Cure PLGA Foundation (http://akidsbraintumorcure.org/). Through this dedicated network we have found sympathetic compatriots, referrals and yes, finally, the milk of human kindness. We cannot thank them enough. n
This article first appeared on Medium's Health Care in America website. Copyright has remained with Bethany Karn as the author.
Above: Bethany Karn (right) and her daughter Sonja Plungis (left)
with a sign, she’ll be a young adult Sisyphus rolling her issues uphill and I’ll be a mom having an existential crisis as I shop for reduced fat milk of human kindness. For me, at least, the truth is still in that cardboard sign, in ways the author may not even have suspected. I hope he realizes he is the Stranger imbued with the power to help others in need. I hope he knows I believe in him.
Afterword… Since first writing this essay, my daughter and I have been lucky enough to stumble upon fellowship and support at Camp
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