{"id":72510,"date":"2023-12-24T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=72510"},"modified":"2023-12-24T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T21:14:11","slug":"fisher-house-a-place-to-stay-with-emotional-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=72510","title":{"rendered":"Fisher House: A place to stay, with emotional support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Army Veteran and former nurse Ken Lewis is fighting cancer, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/north-texas-health-care\/\">North Texas VA<\/a> is diligently working to save his life. <\/p>\n<p>Lewis requires daily radiation treatments at the Dallas-based medical center. Getting this necessary treatment and making the 120-mile daily and early morning drive would be nearly impossible without the support of the local Fisher House\u2014even with his wife of 44-years, Valerie\u2014a Veteran and medical laboratory specialist\u2014accompanying him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Couple-at-front-door_r1.jpg\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ken and Valerie Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Dallas VA Fisher House is a 21-bed home away from home for patients and families receiving life-saving medical care and treatment. Families share a common kitchen, laundry facilities, a dining room and an inviting living room. The Fisher House serves more than just a place to live during treatment. It is a community that offers emotional support and a sense of family that is deeply therapeutic.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fisher House a lifeline and a blessing<\/h2>\n<p>Ken and Valerie didn\u2019t just see the Fisher House as a place to stay. It was a lifeline, a blessing that eased their journey through a challenging time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we would have had to stay in the local community, it would have cost us well over $10,000,\u201d said Ken. \u201cThe Fisher House is truly a blessing. It has allowed me to focus on my treatment and not commuting 240 miles a day in heavy traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being surrounded by other patients and their families facing similar challenges also offers an additional layer of therapeutic support.<\/p>\n<p>Pictured at top, Ken and Valerie bake cookies for fellow Fisher House guests.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over 500 patients a year<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so many people who are here at the Fisher House that we\u2019ve talked to and supported one another. It\u2019s wonderful,\u201d Valerie added.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas\u2019 Fisher House sees over 500 patients and their family members each year, and the demand is growing. The house is typically full most days as North Texas VA has a roster of 180,000 active patients using inpatient and outpatient services nearly two million times a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stay very busy and try to give each guest the best environment possible to heal,\u201d said Lydia Henderson, Dallas Fisher House program manager.<\/p>\n<p>As a trusted partner to Dallas VA, the convenient on-campus location of the Fisher House enhances access to care for patients and provides a supportive home environment during the most challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout the support of Fisher House and my treatment at VA, I don\u2019t think I would be around long-term,\u201d said Lewis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army Veteran and former nurse Ken Lewis is fighting cancer, and North Texas VA is diligently working to save his life. Lewis requires daily radiation treatments at the Dallas-based medical center. Getting this necessary treatment and making the 120-mile daily and early morning drive would be nearly impossible without the support of the local Fisher [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":72512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[460,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fisher-house","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72513,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72510\/revisions\/72513"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}