Ariel said that’s what you have done for her. She was connected with ONE Health while at Regional One Health being treated for an airway rupture caused by her accident. Social worker Coralotta Cromer did a double-take while looking over the patient list for her ONE Health rounds. The name “Ariel Agnew” brought her back nearly a decade, to a young girl she had bonded with as a foster care caseworker. Coralotta Cromer played a big role in connecting Ariel with ONE Health. “I said, ‘I know this young lady! We need to go see her,’” Coralotta said. “When we got there, the first thing I noticed were her eyes. Ariel’s eyes are very distinctive. I said, ‘This is her.’ To see her in that bed, it really did something to me. I had to help her.” For Ariel, Coralotta was not only a link to assistance but a familiar human connection at a time she was very much alone. “I found myself in the same position I’d been in as a kid, going from house to house, couch to couch,” she said. Everybody’s going through something, and it can make you a good person or a bad person. The things that happened to me made me a good person. Actually, I was already a good person. But this made me a strong person.” ARIEL AGNEW Working with the Community Alliance for the Homeless, Coralotta helped Ariel qualify for an apartment. Neighborhood Christian Center donated furniture; Regional One Health employees chipped in towels, bedding, and dishes; and the hospital’s facilities team moved her in. It has become a source of peace and comfort for Ariel. “I’ve got a place I can call home. A lot of people don’t have that, so I’m grateful,” she said. Ariel recently got a job and she’s enjoying the simple pleasures of her own four walls, like cooking a favorite meal of chicken and mashed potatoes. Even more 4 Regional One Health Foundation
7 Publizr Home