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Theresa traveled by RV, she was also
able to bring her rescue puppy, Misty,
with her. "It was very comforting
to have Misty with me while I went
through treatment," Theresa says.
Being in familiar surroundings
also helped Theresa with her attitude
and mindset. "Living in the RV gave
me a much better attitude. I would
have been a lot more upset and
emotional if all I had was a hotel to
go to," Theresa explains. "I'm quite
positive I would have taken it out on
Don. Having the RV meant that if
I needed to be alone, I could be. He
could fnd something to do in the
hospital."
The RV also helped Theresa and
Don fnd a community within
CTCA. "Don knew all of the people
who worked in security, and they'd
come out to visit," remembers
Theresa. "I invited many CTCA
employees to stop by and check out
the RV."
Having her own bed, blankets and
even toiletries made Theresa feel
right at home.
Theresa recalls, "When I got to
the point that I was exhausted from
treatment and too many people were
around me and I needed to be alone,
knowing I could come out here and
lie in my bed was wonderful."
Special Tokens of Home
Real estate agents Ken and Selena
Butler, parents of two school-age
children from Oxford, Alabama,
spent a lot of time away from home
while Ken was undergoing treatment
for stage I aggressive mediastinal
B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at
CTCA in Newnan, Georgia.
Not sure what they would want to
provide comfort, the couple brought
many sentimental and practical items
with them to CTCA to ensure that
they would feel at home. "While Ken
was getting chemotherapy, we didn't
know what to expect. We brought
anything we would use on a daily
basis at home with us to CTCA: pil-
lows, blankets, a laptop, a Bible and
photo albums to look at pictures of
the kids," Selena recalls. "We packed
our car full of stuff from our house."