Savannah Brooks worked on a children's book senior project. She spent time with her subject Jessica, who had limited mobility following hip surgery. Savannah attended a fundraising walk with Jessica and witnessed her strength and joy at the event. Savannah later met with Mrs. Westmoreland to plan learning about multiple aspects of leukemia treatment from different perspectives to inform her career goals.

1. Product Work Log
Name: Savannah Brooks Date: 04/19/12
Product: Children’s Book

2. Activity:
Date/Time: I met with Jessica today to tell her about my intentions for my
senior project. We did arts and crafts and used this time to get to
08/20/11 know each other.
10:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
(4 hours 30 minutes) Commentary:
Until today, I did not fully understand the limits to Jessica’s
mobility. Following her hip surgery earlier this summer, moving
from place to place has been a struggle. She has now progressed
from a full body cast, to a wheelchair, and now finally a walker.
This experience enabled me to understand the challenges of
limited mobility. A simple request to see my room upstairs was
an ordeal.
09/22/11 Activity:
3:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Today I participated in the inaugural Light the Night North
(7 hours) Metro Walk at the Cumming Fairground.
Commentary:
We arrived at Jessica’s house mid-afternoon Saturday and
surprised her when a limo came to pick her up for the event.
Jessica was one of the honored heroes on this night. She was
treated like royalty there and it was such an awesome experience
to see Jessica, for one night, not have a care in the world. I was
with her when she got to make her grand entrance and witnessed
her beaming expressions as she greeted people truly inspired by
her strength. She managed to complete the walk, too, through the
help of a golf cart. While there, I also helped my senior project
facilitator with whatever needed to be done to make the event
run a little more smoothly as she was in charge of it and spoke
with her about my upcoming plans for my project.
10/6/11 Activity:
Today, I met with Mrs. Westmoreland, so we could have some
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. one-on-one time planning my project.
(1 hour)
Commentary:
After talking to her I think that it is a good idea to learn about all
aspects of leukemia, not simply from a patient’s standpoint but
from other parties involved including the physicians, the
fundraising organizations, and the hospital. This will enable me
to understand the full process of treatment and also see which
faction of this I might enjoy best as a career in the future.
Activity:
10/10/11 Torri Westmoreland and I emailed back and forth.
Commentary: