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Five years ago,
Ian was diagnosed with
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
That started us on our journey
of time here at Hopkins and
dealing with what ended up
being on a rather long journey.
>> This is Ian.
>> I was here when he was here.
>> We're here today to deliver
our first production run
of comfort line garments, which
were developed while our son Ian
was here being treated for
cancer.
So here's the onesie.
The problem that we found
through the course of our son's
treatment was that there
were no effective means for
safely securing and
safeguarding a central line.
So Emily took it upon herself
to modify a child's garment.
>> It has some snaps down
the front of the garment, and
has a pocket which opens and
the central line device is being
able, you can feed it through,
and it snaps in place, and
it keeps the child from yanking
the device out of their chest.
The parent doesn't have to
be as cautious of every
little move the child makes,
because the garment will take
the tug instead of the tug
coming directly from the site
on the child's chest.
>> Oh my goodness.
>> [LAUGH]
>> To see it
functioning in the same way that
we saw it function for Ian.
>> And he was about the same age
as our son was when we first
came, and to be able to see him
moving about and thinking oh,
this is pretty cool.
>> Knowing that it can make
a difference for this child, and
this child's parents, and
the wonderful people
here at Hopkins.
It's difficult to
put into words, but
I can tell you that it
means everything to us.
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