Cheryl Thomas Hodina recently wrote a letter to ECHN President & CEO Peter Karl, expressing her great pleasure and emotion at sharing her story with him. In April 2012, Cheryl’s father, Peter Thomas, was seen in the emergency department at Manchester Memorial Hospital (MMH). While there, they received news from his urologist that a previous week’s biopsy showed that Cheryl’s dad had lymphoma. Between April and October 2012, he spent 83 days (that included many visits) receiving care at the DeQuattro Cancer Center and MMH. Cheryl states that over the weeks of tests and treatments, the staff at both facilities made them feel like family. From Phil greeting them each time at the Cancer Center, to the chemotherapy nurses and nurse navigators, the oncologists who treated him, the nursing and imaging staff at MMH, and even Peter Karl himself stopping to talk to him when he saw him in the hallway, her father was treated with professionalism and care that made them both feel very comfortable and relaxed throughout their ordeal. Cheryl’s final words in the letter sum up her feelings, “Thank you, Peter, for making my dad’s unfortunate situation a wonderful experience. I know ECHN made his last months the best they could be. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the extra effort.”