When Amy Paterson was diagnosed with breast cancer four years ago, she not only had the fight of her life. She also found her calling.
"That first year, I had 144 doctor's appointments that I had to arrange child care," said Paterson, whose son was 2½ at the time of the diagnosis. "I couldn't believe they had drop-in child care at IKEA and the gym, but not at hospitals."
Paterson, a public relations executive in Portland, Ore., discussed the situation with her friend Melissa Moore, and they both decided that if hospitals could have a gift shop or a cafeteria, then a child care facility seemed like a no-brainer.
