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On Sunday December 27th, 2009, the Alpha-1 Advocacy Alliance community lost a very special member of our organization, Patricia Ann Slavin, also known as Ask Pat. Pat was a remarkable woman who participated in her Alpha-1 community right from the beginning by becoming part of the clinical trials for Prolastin. In 1992, she received a single lung transplant at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA and enjoyed the benefits of her renewed gift of life for seventeen and ½ years with barely a cold until this last year. After her first year post transplant, Pat decided to return to college and graduated in 2000 from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Masters Degree in Social Work.
Pat entered the workforce in the social services field and loved helping others reach beyond for their full potential, working through their roadblocks and counseling them through their life changes and challenges. Through her experiences, I saw the potential to reach out to other Alphas and develop the Ask Pat program. Pat developed the themes and wrote the programs and then went “on air” during our weekly and then monthly counseling times for five years. Pat was willing to discuss anything and nothing was embarrassing if it concerned you. One of her favorite topics was dealing with denial of the family, both immediate and distant, who didn't want to face the realities of Alpha-1 in the lives of their loved ones.
Pat had grace and patience and Pat always helped you find your own answers. She would lead you to the water, but you would drink from her fountain of information and know you were strong enough to handle the problem at hand when your conversation was finished. She was a leader and a friend. She will be greatly missed.
The family suggests donations in her honor be made to:
American Lung Association
9221 Forest Hill Ave
Richmond, VA 23235.
Telephone: 540-948-6777 or 1-866-FOR-A1AA (1-866-367-2122) Fax # 540-948-6763
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