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Support a patient and family in crisis by purchasing a journal.

GIVE THE GIFT OF AN ICU JOURNAL

$5.00
You’ll help bring a little light into the ICU. Your support offers peace and presence to families in crisis.

$10.00
You're paying it forward. Every dollar helps!

$17.50
You’ll write the first half of someone’s healing story. Your gift covers half the cost of an ICU Journal.

$35.00
You'll take care of one family's Journal!

$70.00
You’ll gift two families the space to find clarity and connection during crisis.

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Why gift an ICU journal?

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💙 1. Aids in PICS (Post Intensive Care Syndrome) Recovery
Writing helps patients and families process trauma, emotions, and fragmented memories, reducing the risk of anxiety, depression, and PTSD after ICU stays.
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🧠 2. Supports Memory Reconstruction
ICU stays are often hazy or hallucinatory. Journals help piece together events, restoring understanding and orientation.
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✍️ 3. Provides Emotional Release
Putting thoughts on paper helps manage fear, guilt, and uncertainty — especially when verbal communication is hard.
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🕯️ 4. Creates a Safe Space for Reflection
Journaling gives patients and families a private outlet to process experiences they may not be ready to share aloud.
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📖 5. Helps Families Track Care and Changes
Noting daily updates, medications, or conversations with staff provides clarity and continuity.
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💬 6. Strengthens Communication
Families can use journals to leave notes or messages for their loved one — a comforting form of connection.
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🌤️ 7. Encourages Hope and Resilience
Recording small wins, moments of progress, or acts of kindness builds emotional strength during long ICU stays.
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🕰️ 8. Offers Structure During Uncertainty
A journal gives rhythm to long days and nights, creating small moments of normalcy in an unpredictable setting.
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📚 9. Becomes a Healing Narrative After Discharge
Patients can revisit their ICU story to make sense of what happened and move forward with closure.
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💞 12. Comforts Families After Loss
If a loved one passes away, journals become treasured keepsakes that hold memories, messages, and reflections.
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🕊️ 11. Supports Spiritual and Emotional Connection
Many families use journals to express prayers, gratitude, or intentions for healing.
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✨ 12. Leaves a Legacy of Love and Strength
An ICU journal becomes a tangible record of courage, care, and compassion — proof that even in crisis, love endures.

Gift a journal to a patient in ICU.

Give the gift of comfort when words are hard to find.
Your gift helps place an ICU Journal in the hands of a family navigating critical illness — a space to write, reflect, and hold on to hope when everything feels uncertain.