{"id":19877,"date":"2025-01-02T21:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T21:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/?p=19877"},"modified":"2025-05-22T18:53:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T18:53:16","slug":"grateful-to-couple-who-gave-cuddles-and-comfort-to-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/es\/impact-stories\/grateful-to-couple-who-gave-cuddles-and-comfort-to-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Agradecidos con la pareja que dio abrazos y consuelo a los beb\u00e9s\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">El matrimonio formado por Pat Rice y Claire Fitzgerald trabaj\u00f3 como voluntarios durante m\u00e1s de 20 a\u00f1os acunando beb\u00e9s en la UCIN del Hospital Infantil Lucile Packard de Stanford. Claire les brindaba un toque tierno, como el de una abuela, a los beb\u00e9s que sosten\u00eda, y Pat era conocida por cantar conmovedoras melod\u00edas irlandesas.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Claire, de 89 a\u00f1os, falleci\u00f3 en mayo. Pat, de 90, falleci\u00f3 en febrero de 2023. Los m\u00e9dicos y enfermeros de la UCIN recuerdan con cari\u00f1o a esta dedicada pareja.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLos trataron como miembros esenciales del equipo de atenci\u00f3n\u201d, afirma Maryellen Brady, directora de servicios voluntarios del Hospital Infantil Packard. \u201cLos padres de la UCIN estaban muy agradecidos de que sus beb\u00e9s recibieran tanto amor y cari\u00f1o\u201d.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Claire se hizo voluntaria en el Packard Children&#039;s Hospital porque agradec\u00eda la atenci\u00f3n que su hijo hab\u00eda recibido cuando estuvo hospitalizado con tan solo 3 meses en el antiguo Hospital Infantil de Stanford. Empez\u00f3 como voluntaria en relaciones con pacientes, a\u00f1adiendo pronto a sus compromisos el abrazo de beb\u00e9s y convenciendo a su esposo para que se uniera a ella.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cLes encantaba trabajar con todos en la UCIN porque todos los que acud\u00edan al hospital para trabajar estaban ah\u00ed para ayudar\u201d, dice su nieta Ashlyn. A Claire y Pat les sobreviven sus hijos: Peter, Joan, Brian, Michael y Dan; 11 nietos; y cuatro bisnietos.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Este art\u00edculo apareci\u00f3 originalmente en la edici\u00f3n de oto\u00f1o de 2024 de la revista <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lpfch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Packard-Childrens-News-Fall-2024-LR.pdf\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Noticias infantiles de Packard<\/span><\/a><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/i><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El matrimonio formado por Pat Rice y Claire Fitzgerald fue voluntario durante m\u00e1s de 20 a\u00f1os como cuidadores de beb\u00e9s en la UCIN del Hospital Infantil Lucile Packard\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"class_list":["post-19877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thank-you-notes","health_topic-moms-babies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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