b'STORIESOF IMPACTMercy Health FoundationCincinnati, OHDonations to the Mercy Health Foundation provide hotel stays for cancer patients like Melanie, who need to be close to the hospital for treatments and daily appointments.Melanie had a free place to stay while recovering from a bone marrow transplant After Melanie Rose was diagnosed with myelodysplasticFortunately, when Melanie needed help, donors came to syndrome (MDS), she spent months waiting for a boneher rescue. Covering the cost of a hotel stay for those marrow donor. After finally receiving a transplant,first critical days made all the difference.doctors needed to keep a close watch on her with I spent 62 days in the hospital, including 40 at The daily appointments to track her progress and monitorJewish HospitalMercy Health, Melanie says. Im so for complications.grateful we didnt have to worry about the hotel. It is It was a burden on Melanie and her family to make thesuch a great thing to do for people when there are two-hour round-trip drive from home to the hospitalalready so many things to worry about.each day, and too expensive to stay in a hotel for weeks.WATCH: A mobile mammography visit detected Erins breast cancer in an early and treatable stage.Click or scan the QR code to watch Erins video13'