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The Bakersfield Voice 11/18/12
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2 The Bakersfield Californian Sunday, November 18, 2012
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BY MELISSA TAYLORCommunity contributor
My daughter, Maddie Tay-lor, 10, was taken byambulance to San JoaquinCommunity Hospital’semergency room on a
recent Sunday morning after she com-plained of severe stomach pain, andhad been running a fever off and onfor three days. When we arrived at thehospital, the paramedics and team ofnurses got her into the emergencyroom, hooked her up to an IV torelieve her pain and keep her hydrat-ed. The doctor came in and had bloodand urine tests done to find out whatwas going on with her. After a shortperiod of time, the doctor came backand said she needed to have herappendix removed.
Maddie was scheduled to have sur-gery that same afternoon. She was sobrave and said, “If this is causing allmy pain, I don’t want it in my bodyanymore, so I want the surgery tomake me feel better.”
Maddie’s dad and I were amazed byhow courageous she was, and how wellshe handled every single situation thatshe faced that day. We were also verygrateful for the kind, and compassion-ate care Maddie received during her
hospital stay.When Maddie was about to be trans-
ported before the operation we noticedthat the transporting employee had abadge on her scrub that said: “Needprayer? Just ask me.”
My husband said: “That is so coolwhat your badge says — do you getasked for prayer a lot?”
“No, you are my first one,” the trans-porter said. “I have never been asked."
The nurse who had been taking careof Maddie in emergency room said,“I’ll pray.”
So we all took each other’s hands asthe nurse prayed over Maddie.
My husband and I were veryimpressed and felt such peace — andwe knew Maddie was in really goodhands. The moments that abruptly putyour life on pause are the momentsthat I can look at and say how preciousour lives really are, and remind myselfto not take one single day for granted.
During Maddie’s recovery at SanJoaquin, she received a quilt hand-made by Project Linus, a nonprofitgroup of volunteers from the commu-nity who gather and make quilts. Theypray over the quilts while they aremaking them and donate them to thehospital to give to young babies and
children. We learned there is also a pet ther-
apy program called "Our pet partnerprogram,” and several cheerful, kind
hospital staff members who helpedMaddie stay in good spirits during herstay, and encouraged her to get up andmove around after her surgery. Mad-die was offered a chance to paint witha volunteer from the Arts Council ofKern through the hospital’s ArtCareProgram. Through that program, SanJoaquin and the Arts Council of Kernhelp bring healing through art andmusic.
Maddie jumped at the chance topaint — and it was an excellent dis-traction from the pain she was experi-encing.
Later that day, we found out thatMaddie’s painting was chosen to be inthe 2013 San Joaquin calendar, andher painting will be featured for themonth of June. All the proceeds of thesale of the calendars go towards thecancer center at the hospital.
The programs at San Joaquinhelped us as a family, and kept ourminds focused on the positives whilebeing cooped up in a hospital. We feelvery blessed to have had the experi-ence that Maddie and our family hadat the hospital. The staff is compas-sionate, caring, loving, and extremelypatient. We are so grateful for all theydid.
BY ALICIA HAMMONSCommunity contributor
Fruitvale Junior High School’sadvanced drama class is pre-senting its five-year anniversaryperformance of Charles Dick-ens’ “A Christmas Carol” at 6:30
p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in the school’smultipurpose room, 2114 CallowayDrive. Doors will open at 6:05 p.m.Cost is $6 for adults, and $4 for chil-dren 14 and under, or Fruitvale stu-dents.
Dickens wrote his “little carol” pri-marily to address the poverty of Eng-land’s poor. At the time, many weretrying to make the bakers close theirshops on Sundays. This infuriatedDickens because many poor familiestook their Sunday meals to the bakersto be roasted. Closing the shops wouldhave deprived many of their only hotmeal of the week.
In addition, most funerals at thistime were for children under the ageof 10. Those who did survive grew uppoor, without an education and wereforced to continue the cycle of poverty.
Many of Dickens’ characters werebased on his real-life family members,including his sister, Fan, and her crip-pled son.
“A Christmas Carol' tells the story ofa mean and bitter miser, EbenezerScrooge. Scrooge is not sensitive to theplight of the poor and doesn’t careabout anyone but himself. In thecourse of one night, he is visited by thespirit of his former business partner,and three other spirits who try to urgeScrooge to become a better man and tocare for others.
In the spirit of this great tale, and toensure that no one in our communitygoes hungry this holiday season, Fruit-vale is asking everyone who attends tobring one can of soup for the soupdrive. A $1 discount for the show will
be given to each person who brings acan of soup the night of the perform-ance (limit one discount per person).
Please come and enjoy the terrificproduction, and have a blessed holidayseason.
Fitter people move faster. Fitterpeople have a pep in their steplike no other. Yes, money canbuy lots of things, but it cannotbuy the satisfaction from your
choice to be healthy. Put the cigarettesdown. Enjoy a glass of wine a day. Eatsensibly. Think of the quality of yourlife if you choose health.
You can enjoy your children, yourgrandchildren and possibly your great-grandchildren. You can take your fam-ily to Disneyland, enjoy the rides, andor just sit and watch them with greatposture — all without feeling wipedout at the end of the day.
How about getting on airplane? Trav-el is so much easier when one is fit.
Don’t want to depend on someone tobend down and tie your shoes for you?Stay active — and health follows.
Our bodies are meant to move. Yourbody will thank you for it!
Gina Rolow, owner of Body by Gina,is a personal trainer at Anytime Fit-ness. Rolow conducts one-on-one pri-vate sessions. semi-private sessions
and a weekend bootcamp. She also teachesfitness at Cal State Bak-ersfield and has a com-bined 30 years in the fit-ness industry.
Questions or com-ments? Email Gina [email protected].
PHOTOS PROVIDED
Alicia Hammons’ advanced drama class at Fruitvale Junior High will celebrate its fifthyear performing Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” on Friday, November 30 at 6:30p.m.
PHOTOS PROVIDED
Maddie Taylor, 10, shows her piece shepainted through the ArtCare Program dur-ing a recent stay at San Joaquin Commu-nity Hospital.
Money can buy things, but having health is real ‘wealth’
Y O U R H E A L T H
Y O U R H E A L T H T I P
Hospital offers prayer, art therapy to sick child
BY JAIME DONIAZCommunity contributor
From August throughSeptember this year,Kern Schools FederalCredit Union participat-ed in the Children’s
Miracle Network’s MiracleBalloon and Miracle JeansDay campaigns. Participationin these campaigns raisedfunds for children’s services atBakersfield Memorial Hospi-tal, where Children’s MiracleNetwork provides comfort andtreatment to children sufferingfrom both common childhoodafflictions, as well as lifethreatening illnesses.
As part of the Miracle Bal-loon campaign, Kern Schoolspromoted the very recogniza-
ble red and yellow Miracleballoons at all branch loca-tions. For a donation of $1 ormore, members were able toplace a name on a Miracle bal-loon for display in branch lob-bies.
Kern Schools team membersalso showed their support byparticipating in Miracle JeansDay, which for a $5 donationallowed an individual to wearjeans on a given work day.
For these efforts, KernSchools on Oct. 30 presentedChildren’s Miracle Networkwith a check for $5,430.90.
Kern Schools is a proud sup-porter of Children’s MiracleNetwork and the assistance itprovides children and familiesfacing childhood illnesses.
PHOTOS PROVIDED
Kern Schools Federal Credit Union team members and representatives from Children’s Miracle Networkhold a check for $5,430.90, which represents the amount of money Kern Schools raised to help local chil-dren and their families facing childhood illnesses.
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School to perform ‘A Christmas Carol’IF YOU GOFruitvale Junior High’s “A Christ-mas Carol”DATE: Friday, Nov. 30
TIME: 6:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:05p.m.)
PLACE: Fruitvale Junior High’s multipur-pose room, 2114 Calloway Drive.
COST: $6 for adults, $4 for children andFruitvale Junior High students. Studentsshould attend with a parent or guardian.
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