Clinicians in the mentorship program...

They give up much to come for training to a strange land.  In many cases, they give up being with family.  Many of them have young children.  In Lily Cheng's case, she suffered temporary separation from her husband and daughter Zilu (Lucy)

Zilu, is a charming 10-year old who is just completing grade 4.  Named after a student of the famous Chinese philosopher, Confucious, Zilu is proud to be in the company of famous intellectuals who are scholars, commanding the highest respect in the Chinese tradition. The name Zi is taken from the Chinese word Xiao translated as "small".  Xiao Lu or Zi Lu therefore means "small Lu."  The word "xiao" also means morning dew, jade, or deer.  One thing for sure, Zilu will not forever remain "small" but will hopefully remain true to her name to be sweet and gentle as the morning dew, precious as a jade, and swift and graceful on her feet as a deer.

Zilu's mom, Lili Cheng, is a nurse from SRRSH who came to the US last Spring to attend the Intravenous Nurses Society conference and also spent a full month at LLU in clinical observation at the LLUMC Haematology department.  Lili has served as a nurse in SRRSH since 1991 following her graduation from the nursing program at Wenzhou Nursing School.   In 2003, she was promoted to be a nurse manager and was given the opportunity to acquire further training in LLUMC's clinical mentorship program.

Lili loves to travel and to see places.  In the two months she's in the US, she has visited New York, Nashville, San Francisco, and Las Vegas.  Around Loma Linda, Lili will not pass the opportunity to explore the neighboring towns of Redlands and San Bernardino with friends or by herself traveling by bus.

She misses her Mother-in-law's good cooking, says when it's time to go home, she would call her and ask her to prepare her favorite dishes.