Nominated by Tania Brito | RN

I would like to nominate Mrs. Ancell for her endless compassion for our cancer patients. Mrs. Ancell took over our wig and prosthetic brassier program. She will measure our patients for wigs and brassiere prosthetics; once the wig or prosthetic brassier arrives she makes an appointment for the patient to come in and try on the product. One of our cancer patients was not able to come in and pick up her wig because she was too weak to travel to the cancer center. Mrs. Ancell knew the patient had a trip coming up and it was very important for the patient to have her wig, as this could be our patients last trip she can make with her loved ones, Mrs. Ancell took the time to drive to Artesia NM so the patient could try on the wig. The patient loved her wig, and she was very thankful to Mrs. Ancell. The second cancer patient had been waiting for her prosthetic brassier. The patient was not able to come to the cancer center to try it on due to a recent surgery. Mrs. Ancell drove to Hobbs NM to take the patient her prosthetic brassier. Mrs. Ancell takes the time to go buy one of our patients his favorite candy. (which is very hard to find) just to make his day at the cancer center more pleasant. These are just some of the things Mrs. Ancell does for our patients. She is always going above and beyond, and she does not expect anything in return. To me this is true compassion.

“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.”
 – Nelson Mandela

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