Sabonis

Brooklyn, NYC subways gripes, To Love is to be Brave TED Talk by Kelly Corrigan, Being aggressively present for a friend in need, Our superheroes are present, Superheroes are the people who do things quietly and for the right reasons, In someone's face, The difficulty of being present sometimes, Covid and Milo's treatment limited our friends' ability to be present, There's no reward for small gestures beyond having done a beautiful thing for a friend, Lisa notes the healthy selfishness of certain gestures, Arvydas Sabonis, Domantas Sabonis, Arvydas played for the Trailblazers, Domantas played for Gonzaga, the Pacers, and now for the Sacramento Kings, Milo developed deep relationships with people who helped care for him at Memorial Sloan Kettering, Sabonis was a nickname we gave to a physical therapist who helped Milo after his knee/fibula, tibia surgery AND after his lung surgery, Quiet support and help, Looked like Domantas Sabonis, Alana, Max, and I remember physical therapist named Timmy, Physical therapist in the physical therapy department at Memorial Sloan Kettering (attended Northeastern), Nurse Jenni was so important to Milo, Jenni would seek out Milo and we think Milo had a crush on her, Jenni was amazing, Milo was thrilled to have Jenni on his team, Nurse Littlepage was also wonderful with Milo, Biggest differences made by some of the least appreciated, least well-paid people, Dr. Adam Levy was a wonderful adviser at Montefiore, Dr. Julia Glade-Bender was a wonderful doctor and supprt, Timmy, Jenni, Sabonis, Nurse Littlepage, How much is a public school teacher worth in your life, Choosing to be a nurse in the pediatric department at Memorial Sloan Kettering, Incredible people only, Deeply underappreciated, undercompensated, and undervalued, What does it mean to say a person is successful?, Who are more important than nurses and teachers, This is a way to say thank you to some of those people