Spectrum Medical

I am a 24-year-old single mother to a now 13-month-old baby boy. I have little support, and I was introduced to Sally through a Public Health Nurse in North Vancouver.

For four months, Sally provided me with respite for my son on a weekly basis. This helped me out enormously, as I was able to have time to myself and get a lot of things done. Sally is an extremely warm and nurturing person, who opened her doors to me instantly. She provided me with telephone support, and as mentioned before, respite for my son. I was able to call her when I was feeling blue, and she made it a promise that I could phone any time of the day/night.

I am now enrolled in a full-time program at Capilano University, and Sally has agreed to provide respite for my son a few nights a week so that I am able to get homework done. This will allow me to do homework, and not fall behind in my classes, as living on my own with little support and a child makes things so much harder.

I really appreciate all that Sally has done for me, and I know that her services would greatly benefit other mothers.

The help I have received from Sally and Spectrum has been invaluable. Before I reached out for help I was overwhelmed with the responsibilities of three children aged 5,2 and 4 months. I had severe postpartum depression, my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and my family and friend support was nonexistent. I am lucky enough to have a supportive partner but beyond each other we had no help. Now thanks to Spectrum I am able to have the child free time I need to attend medical appointments and much needed breaks and I appreciate the children more and more each day. They say it takes a village to raise a child, Sally and the Spectrum caregivers are part of my village. I know if not for her program I would not be feeling as good as I do today. I am not fully healed but I am on my way to feeling my best and being the best mom I can be. Thank you Sally and Spectrum.

I was really scared when my baby was put into foster care – I didn’t know if he would be safe and happy. The first time I saw him with Sally, I knew that he would be well cared for. Sally helped me so much looking after him. I didn’t have any parenting when I was younger and didn’t even know how to play with him. Sally showed me how and always went above and beyond for both of us. I was able to have him back and Sally is still very much part of our lives.