Dignity Health | St. Rose Dominican | Reach | Spring 2019

StRoseHospitals.org  5 Ketrina Baine Ketrina knew something was wrong when she started getting stomach pains and losing a great deal of weight. Then she found a large lump one day while taking a shower. “I went in for amammogram. Whenmy doctor calledme at 9 p.m. one night, I knew it wasn’t going to be good,” Ketrina says. “He asked if I was sitting down and toldme I had cancer.” Ketrina was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2016. She received treatment but another lump was found in October 2018. “Chemotherapy makes me really ill, so I was not able to work,” she says. The R.E.D. Rose Program helped pay for her food and bills. “R.E.D. Rose truly saved my life,” Ketrina says. “Without their amazing staff, I literally wouldn’t have been able to eat.” Maria Contreras Maria first learned she had breast cancer in 2005. After treatment, she was cancer free until 2012, when her cancer returned. In 2016, she was diagnosed with breast cancer a third time. That’s when her doctor told her about St. Rose Dominican’s R.E.D. Rose Program. With assistance from R.E.D. Rose, Maria was able to get the treatment she needed, including a total mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. She also received financial assistance to help her pay for rent and utilities. “Thanks to St. Rose and their R.E.D. Rose Program, I was able to get the help I needed when I needed it the most,” Maria says. Living in thanks: ‘R.E.D. Rose truly saved my life’ New hope. New name. In November 2018, Kris Engelstad McGarry received the Dignity Health–St. Rose Dominican Humankindness Award. Breast cancer survivors, all beneficiaries of R.E.D. Rose, joined Engelstad McGarry at the ceremony. The St. Rose Dominican Health Foundation also announced the rededication of the program—now known as the Engelstad Foundation R.E.D. Rose Program. Pictured, from left, are Magdalena Garduño, Melinda Lopez, Ketrina Baine, Kris Engelstad McGarry, Jenna Castagnino, Leobarda Rivera, and Maria Contreras. Exceed Photography, Inc., Edyta Sokolowska-Kelly