I WAS COMPLETELY SURPRISED AND HUMBLED BY THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD THAT I RECEIVED AT OUR REGIONAL MEETING IN CHARLESTON...THE MIDEAST REGION 2008 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD! I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU, AND ESPECIALLY DEA KENT, FOR RECOGNIZING NOT ONLY THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MY MOTHER IN HER ILLNESS AND HER DEDICATION TO HELP OSTOMATES BUT ALSO THAT I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO INHERIT THAT LOVE AND DEDICATION. I WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN ADVOCATE OF THE OSTOMATE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE (AFTER ALL...IT'S ONLY BEEN 37 YEARS!!). IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE PART OF THE BEST REGION IN THE WOCN!
THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS WONDERFUL HONOR,
SALLY GILL-THOMPSON
Sally Gill-Thompson presented the story of her mother Norma Gill entitled "Living with a Legend" before receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award from the MER of the WOC Nurses Society.
