Polo at the Point

What if your child was critically ill?Please support“ Mercy home care is a Godsend;it keeps Olivia home and not atthe hospital or doctor’s, exposingher to germs. The nurses andtherapists continually educateand prepare us for her next levelof development.”–Tara TorianMercyMedical.com/guardianangel251.621.4200“A nurse at St. Jude recommended Mercy Medical andthat was when we learned about Mercy’s pediatricprogram. She went on to share how valuable the programhas been for other St. Jude patients in our area. MercyMedical has been our saving grace,” recounted Jill Johnson,mother of a Mercy pediatrichome care patient.Amanda Manning, RN, Mercy’s pediatricprogram specialist with Paiton.Mercy Nurses Live the MissionThrough the community’s generous support of Guardian Angel, thefund-raising program for Mercy’s pediatric home care, children inBaldwin & Mobile counties receive specialized healthcare in their home.Since 1998, Mercy’s pediatric home care–• has served more than a thousand critically ill children in our area.• is one of the only programs providing home healthcare, palliativecare and hospice care to children.• provides care to any child in need, no matter of their family’s abilityto pay. Sometimes more than 70 percent of these costs are fundedthrough Guardian Angel, a Mercy fundraising program.Kim Smith, Mercy Medical’s RN case managerwith Olivia (center) and Tara Torian.