Reclining on a gurney as he awaited tests, Frank Di Bella recalled his long journey with cancer as the first patient at the new City of Hope Orange County Hospital on its opening day Monday.
“Unbelievable,” he said of being wheeled in as the first patient at the new cancer research and treatment center in Irvine, as staff cheered him on with pom poms.
“It was the first time people were cheering for me going into a hospital,” he said with a chuckle…