Sophie's story
The most incredible thing about St
Luke’s is that they can turn the worst experience of your life into something
very special…and that’s exactly what
they did for my dad John.
Dad had cancer and had been a
St Luke’s community patient but in
December last year he was brought
into the hospice for pain management.
We’d got a pub booked for a family
get together but dad was in too much
pain to go so St Luke’s gave us a
brilliant Christmas morning without
him having to go anywhere.
My daughter Poppy - who was the
apple of her grandad’s eye - was there
and Santa even came and gave out
presents.
They trimmed everything up, they
played festive music and there was
a lovely breakfast for us - it was just
amazing!
Dad did get to go home but St Luke’s
was where he needed to be and our
main focus was to get him back there
for the last five days of his life.
My brother Jack and I stayed with
him and were there right until he
died and being at St Luke’s helped us
both so much. We were in beds beside dad and in
a funny way it was like we’d gone
back to being kids again - it was so
comforting.
St Luke’s became like extended family
to us and we can never give enough
back in return for what they did
for dad, Jack and I, our family and
friends who came to visit.
When Poppy came to visit, nobody
battered an eyelid that she whizzed
her grandad up and down the
corridor in his wheelchair.
St Luke’s is beyond anything you
could ever imagine. It’s magical.
You know why you’re there, but for a
short while you can forget, thanks to
the amazing care you and your loved
one receive from everyone.
I didn’t think I’d ever need St Luke’s
- you never do - but now we’ve had
their support and they have been
there for us I want to give them
everything I can.
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