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Testimonials
Because of Christopher’s Cure, we have been able to focus completely on our daughter, who is battling a terminal illness. We have been able to put aside our financial concerns, which increased after Olivia’s diagnosis. She was denied health care coverage because of her illness, and this has put a huge financial strain on our family. Surgeries and procedures had to be paid for out-of-pocket. This added immensely to the stress we were already dealing with. Because of the constant care Olivia requires, Christine cut back her work schedule, and Eric left his job (where he was working six to seven days a week) to begin his own business. This has given him the flexibility to spend more time with Olivia and help with her care. Christopher’s Cure has helped us tremendously to get through this difficult transition period by taking away the financial worries, allowing us to spend quality time with Olivia and focus our energy on taking care of her needs. Christopher’s Cure has given us an amazing gift…the ability to put aside other concerns and treasure every day that we have with our daughter. Eric & Christine Hoffmann I have utilized Christopher's Cure in the past as a resource to our families here at St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center. I referred a family that needed assistance with their mortgage, their utilities and their car payment. These parents had missed a tremendous amount of work due to their son's illness. Their son had been ill for most of his life (he was 8yrs old). Mom ended up having to quit her job to take care of their son. Dad depleted his paid time off. Christopher's Cure was able to help them with some of their bills. This allowed the parents to just focus on the most important thing (spending time with their son) and not have to worry about losing their house or car. The family was very touched with the assistance they received. They still bring it up during our conversations. Unfortunately their son passed away.
I was honored to help a family earlier this year. I initially met the family during a routine clinic appointment. At that time the mother shared with me that her son, the patient, had been in the hospital for over a month with a newly discovered brain tumor. She spent much of that time in the hospital with her son. Her husband was not able to work his normal hours due to the responsibility to care for the other children, and his desire to also be at the hospital with their son. She reported that they were behind in mortgage payments as a result. She talked about how much the home meant to the family, especially at a time like this. Mom filled out a Christopher's Cure application which was then reviewed by Psychosocial Team members. The team determined that this situation exemplified the purpose for the Christopher's Cure fund. I had the honor of notifying the mother by phone. It brought tears to my eyes, to hear that though I was not able to stop the pain of having a loved one be ill, I was able to assure this family that money worries needn't be a factor on that day. The mother later reported to me that the provision of that assistance allowed her to return her focus to caring for her ill child, and not get carried into a deep depression which would have taken her attention away from his care.
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