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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   HAVE YOUR SAY Feel strongly about something? Share it with the community by writing a letter to the editor. You’ll need to include your name, address and daytime phone number. (We’ll only publish your name and hometown.) We reserve the right to edit letters, but if you keep yours to 300 words or less, we won’t ask you to shorten it. If your letter is published, please wait 30 days before submitting another. Send it to: E-mail: letters@heraldnet.com Mail: Letters section The Herald P.O. Box 930 Everett, WA 98206 Fax: 425-339-3458 Have a question about letters? Contact Carol MacPherson (cmacpherson@heraldnet.com or 425-339-3472).   Published: Saturday, July 19, 2008 RESPECT AND DIGNITY Hospital staff very caring in time of grief This letter is long overdue in being written. However, because of its importance, it merits being written nonetheless. On May 31, 2007, I delivered our stillborn baby boy at the Pavilion at Providence Everett Medical Center. We were absolutely impressed with the dignity and respect we received from the hospital staff there. Everyone was very understanding and sympathetic to our situation. The entire staff seemed to go out of their way to help us and to offer comfort. We were so thankful to be at a hospital where the sanctity of life is understood and revered. We were given precious mementoes of this life that was over before it had a chance to begin. All who entered my room were sensitive to our pain and did all that they could to help us with the grieving process. We were further impressed with the wonderful services we were provided with by the funeral home of Purdy and Walters with Cassidy. They were so kind and helpful with making decisions for what to do with our son's remains and took care of so many matters. They provided their services to us absolutely free except for merchandise we purchased, which they sold to us at cost. They also recognized our son as a real baby and treated us with great dignity and respect. They truly went out of their way to help us out in our time of need. I would like to publicly thank both of these institutions for their incredible help and warmth during a very difficult situation. Through our grief we were comforted by knowing that there are people in our community that are so very caring. They truly demonstrated what it means to go the second mile. C. SHERENE HANSEN PLAYER Marysville

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