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When I was 27 I delivered my first child, a son, with a few complications, I lost a ton of blood. This put a major strain on my otherwise healthy heart. Less than 3 months later I was laying in CCU fighting for my life. I was transferred to Vanderbilt University Heart Center with the
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My question to everyone has always been, “why not be a donor?” For as long as I can remember I’ve always said that if I’m a match I would donate and that if I were to die, please make sure that everything is donated because that would mean I’ve helped someone. As an older sister,
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Brandon was just 28 when he went to the hospital for what he thought was severe indigestion. This visit ended up lasting 3 weeks and he was diagnosed with Polycythemia and Budd Chiari. These two rare diseases affected both his gallbladder as well as his liver and spleen. Prior to this visit, Brandon had always
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In 2010, at the age of 38, William Powell, Jr., the husband of DuPont Circle Director of Admissions, Charmaine Powell, was hospitalized and told his kidneys had failed. With no known health issues that would have led to this diagnosis, this was a shock to William and his family. Immediately, he began dialysis treatments that would last 4-5 hours,
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On March 18, 2015 my sister and I sat in the hospital room holding our mom’s hands as her tired weary eyes looked at us. She squeezed our hands as we talked to her about her deteriorated condition and how much we loved her and didn’t want her to suffer. Through many tears and hours
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My son was 2 years, 9 months and 23 days old when he passed away from smoke inhalation. If someone could have given me a brain to keep my baby alive, I would have done anything but that isn’t possible. So since my baby was gone, why wouldn’t I help another family in a similar situation
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During my 20 week ultrasound, an area was found on our son’s liver. Further testing revealed that our son had a mass on his liver, later diagnosed as a benign tumor called a messenchymal hamartoma. We relocated to Cincinnati when I was 36 weeks pregnant so our son could receive care at the Cincinnati Children’s
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Organ donation is by far one of the most amazing advancements in medicine. The process just shows the love for one another by donating organs and helping those in need. I personally do not have a direct connection to organ donation and its process; however, I have seen and experienced many struggles in regards to
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Stories written and published by Stevie Lowery, Editor of Lebanon Enterprise She’s got heart Have you ever met a person who has gone through so much during his or her life that you can’t comprehend how they’re still standing, let alone smiling? Well, Lori Caldwell is one of those people. Nearly 19 years ago, she
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Our Destiny lived life full of energy, enthusiasm, and unselfish love. Her vibrance was always evident in her beautiful smile and laughter, whether she was dancing, cheering, winning beauty pageants or picking up other’s litter on the road side. Destiny wanted to encourage and help others, simply giving a smile, kind words and forgiveness easily;
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