- April 29, 2024
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During their October meeting, Mothers Of Preschoolers hosted Dr. Padmaja Sai, Florida Hospital Flagler medical oncologist, at First Baptist Church of Palm Coast.
Sai spoke to the women about breast cancer, and the mothers worked on a craft: port pillows, specifically decorated and designed for breast cancer patients. The tiny cushions are tied to seatbelts in order to alleviate any discomfort patients may feel from the seatbelt resting on an implanted port.
“Ports are devices I place in the left chest wall that Dr. Sai uses to deliver chemo for cancer patients,” said Dr. Darren Peterson, general surgeon at Florida Hospital Flagler.
Peterson’s wife, Candy, is a member of Mothers Of Preschoolers and delivered 30 of the donated handmade pillows to Florida Hospital Flagler’s Judith C. Macko Cancer Resource Library. The pillows will be given to patients at the library, located inside the hospital, on the second floor at suite 2816.
