[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16007]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PEDIATRIC CONVALESCENT CENTER

  Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, today I honor and congratulate 
the Home of the Innoncents Pediatric Convalescent Center, PCC, in 
Louisville, KY. The PCC was recently recognized with the 2002 National 
Organization on Disability Award from the American Association of Homes 
and Services for the Aging, AAHSA. AAHSA is a national association 
representing mission-driven, not-for-profit health care and senior 
housing providers.
  The PCC is truly a unique and special place for disabled children 
throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In fact, according to the PCC, 
the center is Kentucky's only center of excellence for children's long-
term nursing needs.
  The PCC has served residents from 81 of the 120 counties in the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky as well as from the neighboring states of 
Indiana, Ohio, and Tennessee.
  The PCC not only provides patients with medical care, but also offers 
their children an array of educational, social, and physical 
opportunities. The staff, ranging from speech therapists to dietitians, 
works around the clock, 365 days a year to ensure that children's needs 
are tended to on a daily basis. They deserve special recognition for 
their hard work, indomitable spirit and pro-active approach to 
pediatric health care.
  I ask that my fellow Senators join me in honoring all involved with 
the Pediatric Convalescent Center. President Bush named September a 
month of Service and the PCC embodies this credo. Special children need 
special care. At PCC, special is the only kind of care people 
know.

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