Every year, the extended Johnson family does a service project at Christmas. They’ve performed skits at a local nursing home, prepared meals for families at the Ronald McDonald house and more. This Christmas Eve, the family chose to share their time and talents with staff, patients and visitors at Cox South.
Richard and Avanell Johnson (above) both spent a significant amount of time at Cox South over the past year and a half, as first Avanell, and then Richard, recovered from heart surgery. One of their daughters, Sara Guest, says, “The whole family was so happy with the personal care our parents received from the nurses, staff and doctors. We just wanted to find a way to give something back.”
Fourteen members of the Johnson family, ranging in age from 8 to 76, sang traditional Christmas carols on 300 East and West, and in Inpatient Dialysis, Surgery Waiting, Surgery Holding and the SICU/NTICU waiting room. Some family members even provided accompaniment with flute and guitar.
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