Right before we left the hospital yesterday, our nephew Alex Heder and his parents brought 24 large blankets to the Leukemia floor at LDS Hospital. His family brought Van a blanket on the first few days of his stay and saw the impact it made on him. You get really cold when you are going through treatments and it’s nice to have something to hold and keep you warm. Alex needed an Eagle Project so he decided to make fleece blankets for everyone on the Leukemia floor. They are bringing 24 more blankets next week. There are only 9 Leukemia patients at this time so it should last for a little while.
Melanie Balls is another Leukemia patient on the 8th floor at LDS Hospital. She wrote about receiving one of these blankets. Her story can be found at http://melanieballs.blogspot.com/.
Below is an excerpt from Melanie's Blog
Melanie also received a new blanket today. There is a patient here (Van Heder), and mom has become friends with his wife (Wendy). One of their nephews (Alex) did an Eagle project and brought some blankets to the patients on this floor. The nursing staff was distributing them for him. Kara (Mel's CNA) thought this blanket looked like it belonged to Melanie, so they brought it in for her. It was donated by the McReaken family.
