The Healing Power of Pets
Dogs have always held a special place in my heart and in my home. When I left to attend college, I felt incomplete without the company of my two dogs, Sherlock and Agatha. I volunteered at the local animal shelter and on a farm that had multiple horses, twelve dogs, several cats, a goat and […]
Addison the Amazing Artist
At each of the Dig Pink® Tour stops this season, The Side-Out Foundation booth has had a card making table available for players, siblings, parents, coaches and friends to sit down and create hospital cards for cancer patients. We have collected a few hundred cards and many tournament attendees have had fun making cards in […]
Fighting the Isolation of Illness
The isolation of illness is real. Not only because you don’t feel well enough to go out in public, but because some treatments suppress a patient’s immune system, making it physically unsafe for them to be around large crowds and even family and friends. Every time I was admitted to the hospital during treatment for […]
A day at the Hospital – UGH!
Feeling pretty fatigued from chemo and come to find out that my medi-port is acting up. (Routinely tested before chemo.) So it’s off to the hospital for what they call a dye-test. They inject a dye into the port in order to make sure the chemo is going to the right place without any obstructions. […]
