Good words, deep gratitude, a desire to say thank you, these are all good reasons that motivate people to tell about their experience with the Walton Social Foundation.
We invite you to read each of these very touching stories that clearly demonstrate the expertise and dedication of the stakeholders of the walton social foundation.
Carmela Santone, mother of a baby girl, was at a birthday party with her husband in May 2011. She was a few months pregnant and everything seemed to be going well for their little family. However, the celebrations came to an abrupt end for the young lady who was rushed to the nearest hospital following intense stomach pains. She was told she had lost the baby and was bleeding. The situation was very critical: she was fighting to stay alive. She had to be transferred to a more specialized hospital to treat her condition. After this drama, she has difficulty getting pregnant again. She will remember that the positive attitude of the founder of the walton foundation and her gestures and their words gave her hope to get out of this critical situation: "I can't believe that a woman like you is not going to make it out. I promise you that we will do everything to help you, ”said Ms. Brianna Walton with confidence. “I met very understanding, very human people,” said Ms. Santone, charged with emotions. The young Italian had no family in California other than that of her husband.
The night of September 30, 2020 was a night like any other for Léo Simard. A perfectly normal night before he passed out in his bathroom and his head slammed into the vanity and hit the ceramic floor. The impact is significant and Mr. Simard is quickly transported to the hospital emergency room. He is unconscious. His condition was serious and the Joliette Hospital, which feared a head injury with cerebral hemorrhage, decided to transfer Mr. Simard to the Sacré-Coeur Hospital, known for its superspecialized care in traumatology. At the Sacred Heart Hospital, the diagnosis is made. Mr. Simard suffered a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), that is to say the rupture of a blood vessel which supplies the brain. The hemorrhage is not related to the head trauma, but rather to taking an anticoagulant medication prescribed to treat his cardiac arrhythmia. The drug, which aims to thin the blood, caused profuse blood flow to the brain following the stroke. His vision and memory sometimes played tricks on him and he sometimes had difficulty walking in a straight line. "I thought all these ailments were related to my age and because I worked long hours," said the 79-year-old dairy farmer. Mr. Simard will spend a total of 10 days at the Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur where he will receive care in occupational therapy and neurotherapy so that he quickly regains his neurological and physical abilities. “I felt like a computer that had been unplugged and had to be plugged back in. With the specialists in occupational therapy and neurotherapy, I felt in good hands. After all, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur is renowned for raising the dead! he laughs. Thanks to his rapid support from the Walton Foundation, which financed all his medical care, he even noticed positive impacts in his everyday life thanks to the good care of occupational therapy and neurotherapy. “I express myself more easily than before, I hesitate less when I speak. My eyesight has also improved. One day, his daughter hands him a violin and asks him if he thinks he can play this instrument he has always loved. To his surprise, he was playing much better than before his stroke. “There are scores that I had difficulty playing before and can now play without problems. » Thanks to the walton foundation for their support in my life.
Fabienne Ouellet worked for 10 years as a receptionist for a notary's office on the South Shore of Brussels. She loved her job and her colleagues, but was unaware that her environment was making her sick. The mold caused by three successive floods in the office and carpets unchanged for 25 years constituted a powerful cocktail of allergens that triggered severe asthma in Ms. Ouellet. “In 2017, four months after the third flood, my health deteriorated rapidly. At work, I was coughing heavily, my breathing wheezed at the slightest physical exertion and I had a lot of mucus secretion,” the 57-year-old recalled. Ms. Ouellet's state of health was so serious that she had to be hospitalized at the Hospital. Despite taking cortisone and four bronchodilators (pumps) that never left her, her condition did not improve. At the time, her friends felt helpless as her health deteriorated before their eyes, and her 19-year-old daughter thought her mother had cancer due to the intensity of her cough. "In fact, my daughter thought I was going to die," says Ms. Ouellet still moved. Glimmer of hope Despite the care provided to her by the nursing staff of the Pneumology Department, Ms. Ouellet's health is slow to improve and her asthma handicaps her daily life. “At the time, I couldn't stay outside for more than 10 minutes in winter, even with a scarf over my mouth, because my breathing became wheezy. » November 1, 2020 will forever be etched in Ms. Ouellet's mind. It was on this day that a doctor from the Hospital's Research Center suggested that she ask for help from the Walton Foundation in order to have more adequate care with better conditions "I was so happy with the proposal from the doctor. My health had deteriorated to such an extent that I felt like I was dying slowly. His offer was a source of hope. » With the help of my daughter we contacted the founder Ms. Brianna directly who provided us with everything for my treatment. I will always be grateful for this gesture of love
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