Editor,
I am a licensed vocational nurse and caregiver who is very familiar with the Mickelson therapy pool — an essential health care facility.
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Editor,
I am a licensed vocational nurse and caregiver who is very familiar with the Mickelson therapy pool — an essential health care facility.
For more than a decade, I have worked with disabled and mobility-impaired clients of all ages who have relied on the Mickelson therapy pool to maintain and improve their quality of lives.
Lindsay Raike’s op-ed “Sutter Health’s ‘commitment to compassion?’” was excellent, but unfortunately it did not point out how serious this matter is for children with special needs.
Pediatric aquatic therapy helps disabled children with strength, range of motion/flexibility, balance, coordination, and endurance. The buoyancy of the water reduces body weight and allows children to move in ways they simply can’t on land. In the water, they can learn to walk without the fear of falling.
At Mickelson, I frequently witnessed a mobility-impaired non-verbal autistic child who out of the water was clumsy and struggled for balance. In the rehab pool, she moved freely and became interactive and engaged with the other patrons. It was a miraculous transformation which always brought a smile to my face. She swam around independently with great confidence. Her mother could barely keep up with her.
Many times, I saw the joy that the healing warm water brought to other children with disorders including autism, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome.
Why on earth should the parents of special needs children have to drive all the way to another county to get their children a needed therapeutic resource?
Shame on Sutter “Health.”
Xenia Sicat
Daly City
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I was a participant and an observer at the Mickelson therapy pool. I also was happy to see the joy and laughter of the children brought there.
I know this as I have seen my own disabled nephew
Respond to a warm water therapy pool in Florida.
So many lives are diminished by the shutting down of these options for people who need them.
I greatly appreciate that Xenia Sicat brought a spotlight to yet another groups of county residents who were well-served by the Mickelson pool, and who are being subjected to reversals in their health and well-being by Sutter's current decision to remove a crucial asset from our county. Sadly, the past few years have shown us that shame doesn't seem to lead to positive change. But keeping pressure on our elected officials, coupled with highlighting this corporation's poor behavior just may!
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