In working with young patients every day, she sees how deeply a diagnosis of a critical illness can affect their disposition.
As a sickle cell nurse practitioner, Tanisha spends most of her days engaged in care coordination and managing inpatient and outpatient rounding, prescriptions and family support. She also has the ability to refer patients to Make-A-Wish Illinois.
When her sister was diagnosed with cancer at 13-years-old, Kevynne Chawla first encountered Make-A-Wish. Her sister wished to travel to Hawaii and meet the stars of 50 First Dates. Now, 15 years later as a child life specialist, Kevynne is motivated to help every eligible child feel the transformative power of a wish that she witnessed firsthand.
Wishes provide kids hope when they need it most, and research shows they have effects on children’s overall well-being and health outcomes.
When Allison West began her work at St. Jude Midwest Affiliate Clinic as a newly-minted Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) in 2016, she knew she had “big shoes to fill.” Shelley Lee, the former CCLS at the clinic, had been there 26 years. What Allison didn’t realize right away was Shelley’s legacy of referring hundreds of children with critical illnesses to Make-A-Wish.
Anna is a social worker at Lurie Children's Hospital and refers many of her patients to Make-A-Wish.
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