Miracles In Motion: Aly

“I’ve always wanted to be a doctor. Since I was a little girl, I just knew that I would be a pediatrician one day. I think that being able to volunteer with Child Life is really helping to prepare me to take care of these kids someday. Biology and chemistry classes help us understand the body and medicine, but by spending time with these kids, we are learning how to understand their feelings and emotions in this environment. It’s not just the medical side.

My mom was recently diagnosed with cancer, so now I understand what it’s like to be on the patient’s side. As a volunteer, all I want to do is make everyone happy. But now I know that there are some days that there is nothing any of us can do to help our patients and families be happy or think positively. Sometimes just being there to show we care is what matters most.” – Aly, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital Volunteer, Future Pediatrician

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Miracles In Motion tells the inspiring stories of our pediatric patient families, clinicians and staff members in their everyday lives. These moments are what make UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital such a special place to the more than 150,000 patient families treated here each year. Follow along to learn more about these stories and how Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals makes even the most ordinary moments extraordinary.