SEAFORD, Del.- Tuesday morning TidalHealth Nanticoke honored a little girl who passed away from cancer.
The hospital received a toy closet for kids, which is an expansion of the “Brooke’s Toy Closet” initiative that started in 2014 at the TidalHealth Peninsula Regional, in Salisbury.
Brooke Mulford was an 8- year-old girl who was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer, in 2009 when she was only 4-years-old, she endured numerous rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, several surgeries, two stem cell transplants, multiple bone marrow biopsies and blood transfusions. She was treated at several hospitals, including at TidalHealth.
Brooke ended up losing her battle to cancer in June of 2017.
During her fight with cancer, Brooke wanted to provide toys to other hospitalized children because she knew how it felt to receive toys herself during her hospital stays.
So, now with the toy closet expanding we’re told it’s going to support even more kids.
“When you’re able to give them something that will distract them something to put a smile on their face or can make a huge difference for them and it makes them think that the next time they come maybe it won’t be so scary,” Penny Short, President of TidalHealth Nanticoke, said.
TidalHealth workers and those who helped Brooke’s Toy Closet come to life gathered for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the expansion. Amy Mulford, Brooke’s mother, was also there.
Amy said this is the third toy closet that’s opened and all are in different states. She said Brooke would be thrilled to see another toy closet come to life and for Amy she said it means a lot as it gives her a reason to keep going.
“I feel like there has to be a reason my heart kept beating when Brooke’s stopped because…
