Justin Michael Ingerman Center for Palliative Care Patient Stories

CHOP’s palliative care team supports a family through the tragic passing of their beloved daughter.

During Kellan’s treatment for an aggressive brain cancer, he was having a session with CHOP yoga therapist Tonia Kulp, MS, C-IAYT. She explained what a mantra was, and how he could use one in tough times to center himself. Kellan picked a card that said: Today I choose happiness.

Support from CHOP’s palliative care and bereavement specialists helped Joey’s family through the heartbreaking experience of losing a child and brother.