She admits time for herself is few and far between and recalls how when she was in the workforce, she would be entitled to four weeks holiday per year, but since she has taken up the care for her grandchildren, she doesn’t get time to look after herself. “It’s hard and it’s sad, it is what it is,” she says. Trudy says unfortunately their mother and father are unable to look after them, so she started being their sole caregiver when Ben was 7 months old and Jamie 18 months old. Both boys have autistic traits, ADHD and other language and behaviour disorders. Trudy, one of her daughters and two grandsons. “The roads are hard, but our children need us” “It really was a wonderful experience for our team and we are all very eager to do it all again this year,” she adds. “She was absolutely lovely and so very grateful for everything we were doing for her and for all of the carers.” Practice Manager at Tauranga’s Lumino City dental says she remembers Trudy, and how she had brought home-baking in for the staff. “I was so humbled and I appreciated the amazing gesture along with the amazingness of how much money was spent on me, individually, and also with us all collectively, no mean feat, and also so unheard of today as well.” “I just kept on looking at my beautiful clean and repaired teeth and smile,” she says. Reflecting back on the day in May last year, Trudy says it was an overwhelming but special day. The care, the caring, the kindness and the amazing gift that I was given, along with other carers throughout New Zealand of course.” “I was so fortunate to go in thinking I only needed a clean, and yet I had two treatments for one leaking filling (who knew!) and one that had fallen out,” she says. Trudy says she thought when she was going into the appointment, that she only needed a professional clean, but was stunned to find the dentist would fix her broken fillings. Now in its 5th year, Lumino The Dentists are once again partnering with Carers NZ. Last year saw Lumino the Dentists partner with Carers NZ, the national body which provides information, advice, learning and support to family carers around the country, for the first time. Lumino Day is a day set aside for the organisation give back to local communities and to provide an opportunity for those who often, if not always, put their needs behind the others they care for. Trudy was one of the 417 patients treated that day for free, by Lumino The Dentists clinicians across New Zealand. It was May 6th 2017 and it was Lumino Day. She felt humbled, she felt looked after, and she says she felt “blessed beyond words that she was taken care of.” Moments earlier, she had two fillings fixed by Dr Chris Brooks and a professional clean by Hygienist Candice Taylor at Lumino City Dental on the Park.īut it wasn’t pain or discomfort that caused Trudy’s tears. Tauranga woman Trudy Hulena walked out of her dental appointment and cried.
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