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St Catherine’s

took me from rock

bottom and put me

on the ceiling!

Five years ago, “It was early 2024 when the doctors But Emma and Anni quickly diagnosed
74-year-old at the chest clinic told me there was that I needed support and got me

John Carr was nothing more they could do. the medication I needed. They helped
diagnosed with They referred me to the nurses at to arrange counselling, too, so I could
St Catherine’s Hospice, and they’ve
think more positively.
severe Chronic been absolutely brilliant.
Obstructive It was Anni’s idea to give me little
Pulmonary I was so anxious about having a sudden handheld fans, which help me breathe
Disease (COPD). heart attack or running out of oxygen. better when I’m struggling. It’s made a
The nurses have helped me manage big difference to me.
my pain and my anxiety, so I can live at
He tells us how home more comfortably. And the support is not just for me, it’s
the team at for the people who care for me, too.
St Catherine’s I really look forward to the visits from my Sometimes different things crop up
help him to live nurses Emma and Anni, because they and you think: ‘How am I going to solve
his life more always give me a lift. They’ve taken me that?’ But the nurses at St Catherine’s
helped me realise there’s always a way.
from rock bottom and put me on the
comfortably at ceiling. (But not literally!) There’s always somebody to help you.”
home – thanks
to your support. When they first visited, I was very low.

Will you give today?

Through your compassion, we
can be there for more people like John,
in the hospice and in their own homes:
stcatherines.co.uk/donate
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