{"id":111133,"date":"2025-06-20T03:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/111133\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T03:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:06:13","slug":"spurs-coach-mitch-johnson-brings-joy-to-young-patients-at-methodist-childrens-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/111133\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs coach Mitch Johnson brings joy to young patients at Methodist Children&#8217;s Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 New Spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson paid a heartwarming visit to patients at Methodist Children\u2019s Hospital on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson helped pediatric patients craft calming jars, a project designed to promote relaxation and emotional well-being during their hospital treatment. He also joined in on a music therapy session.<\/p>\n<p>A highlight of Johnson\u2019s visit was time spent in the pediatric oncology unit, where he made room visits to patients who are typically unable to leave due to being immunocompromised.<\/p>\n<p>It was an incredible experience to connect with these brave kids. Their strength and resilience inspire me, and I\u2019m grateful for the opportunity to bring a little joy to their day,&#8221; Johnson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He also took time to meet with hospital staff, including their beloved Emergency Services Facility Dogs \u2014 Chanel, Fresca, and Lady\u2014who are always available to provide comfort and snuggles to those who need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 New Spurs Head Coach Mitch Johnson paid a heartwarming visit to patients at Methodist Children\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,23189,23192,23187,3361,23190,6,23191,23188,969,474,4075,4074,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-111133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-calming-jars","10":"tag-emergency-services-facility-dogs","11":"tag-methodist-childrens-hospital","12":"tag-mitch-johnson","13":"tag-music-therapy","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-oncology-unit","16":"tag-pediatric-patients","17":"tag-san-antonio","18":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","19":"tag-sanantonio","20":"tag-sanantoniospurs","21":"tag-spurs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114713486138813732","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}