For me, one of the most surprising, and hardest parts of the tour has been seeing patients avtually in the hospital going to their different treatment areas. I knew that I would see patients and that it wouldn't be an easy thing to see, but I wasn't prepared for the speechlessness that would come with that.
Throughout the tour we learned some pretty interesting facts about the hospital.
They have 182 different labs where they do active rearch on all kinds of childhood diseases. And they openly share that research with doctors all over the world!
It takes $1,500,000 to operate these facilities every single day.
The kids run the show here. It's their hospital.
V is for "vomet".
They have on on-site blood bank that anyone can donate to.
Danny Thomas' dream: "no child should die in the dawn of life."
There's so much more than this list of things. Its really an experience that everyone should have. It's so hard to describe and explain. It's amazing, wonderful, sad and frustrating all at the same time. It's really special here.
The St. Jude radiothon is coming up soon. I hope you'll conside joining us as partners in hope.
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