Kirby Harper Is An Ordinary Girl

B. At St. Jude’s she had three years of intense chemotherapy. But what she remembers the most was how the staff treated her like their own family, daughter, son, sister or brother. She also said when she arrived Danny

“It isn’t fair. I’ve worked so hard all my life, I don’t deserve this,” thought Mrs. Ross as she looked down at her right leg where a large wound gaped open. Two weeks ago, she had a femoral-popliteal bypass, which got infected. The wound was opened up and was healing slowly by secondary intention. It was painful, raw, and frightening. She put a hand on her chest and raised the head of the bed higher so she could catch her breath and stare out the window.

Florence, a 24-year-old Houston woman, suffers from a life-threatening genetic disease. She has been in and out of hospitals her entire life and has a pile of medical bills she can’t pay. Her partner left after she recently became pregnant, saying he couldn’t handle her constant illness. Then Florence, who did not want to be identified

Three days before being called for her kidney transplant, Rachel was put on dialysis which uses an artificial device to clean and filter the blood of waste products. This caused her major pain and distress, Rachel says that this was ‘one of the most painful experiences she’s ever been through’. She said the pain was mainly in her shoulder and it felt like she was being ‘dragged down to the floor’, this affected her quality of life as for those three days she had a dependence on medicinal substances and medical aids. After the transplant Rachel still has to take drugs each day

1951 came around the corner and Henrietta was in great pain. She had numerous amounts of tumors in her organs. Better yet, her organs were failing. She received several blood transfusions the doctor had to put an end to it. The word spreaded out very quickly and reached her husband's work, the steel mill. By now, the whole community heard about it and was in on to help her. Another one of Henrietta’s cousins, Emmett Lacks, gathered up eight men and they went to the hospital

Henrietta Lacks was an ordinary women, nothing too extraordinary. However, on the day she walked into John Hopkins, the entire world changed. Let us be reminded that this was during the 1950’s, so there was still the colored and white sides of the hospital. However, Hopkins was still one of the top hospitals in the country, and colored people were not excluded from that. Henrietta went in for a gynecological appointment, when she learned she had cervical cancer. However, this was not the only thing that happened at the appointment. Dr. Howard Jones, without permission, took a biopsy of Henrietta’s tumor and sent samples to his laboratory colleagues. From there, Dr. TeLinde became involved. He was trying to find a cure

Twenty percent chance of living and she survived. Claire was diagnosed with stage 4 Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia two weeks after her birth. She is now a thriving eight year old cancer survivor. The researchers, doctors, nurses, and therapists, are the main reason I have an adorable cousin here today. From the moment I heard the magnitude of what my little cousin was battling, I set my goal of a career in medicine, and the Allied Health Academy at Williamstown High School is that right first step to achieving my goal.

On September 14, 2002 a beautiful little angel named Alexa Michelle Nawrocki was born. Her first year of life was healthy, but when Alexa turned 17 months she began to develop a cold along with a low-grade fever. Within a couple of days, her cold disappeared. However the fever worsened, and upon examination at the Doctors office a mass on her kidney was discovered. She was taken straight to the emergency room and it was advised they she receive a stage IV Neuroblastoma (the cancer had reached her bones, bone marrow, and into her lungs and liver).

Jessie Quinn and Gregg Gordon were diagnosed with an acute myeloid leukemia that is the type of blood cancer with a fast progression (Berger, 2016). Besides the courses of chemotherapy and radiation, they both needed a bone-marrow transplant. Jessie Quinn did not get the match because of her mixed racial heritage. Berger states that the same situation happened with Gregg Gordon – no perfect donor match. In addition, Berger tells that a patient’s likelihood of finding a donor match on their registry ranges from 66 to 97 percent, depending on ethnic background.

after suffering a stroke 2008 met her demise in 2011. We watched helplessly as the disease

R/s Paul Ashley has end stage renal failure and he needs hemodialysis or he will die. R/s Mr. Ashley was staying at Southland Nursing Home, but he can’t returned there until his daughter, Gloria Echols sign for him to receive dialysis. R/s Mr. Ashley is qualified to receive dialysis treatment at Fresenius Medical Care Freedom, but Ms. Echols is failing to sign the paperwork. R/s Mr. Ashley has been discharged from McLeod Medical Center, but he is stuck there because he has nowhere to go. R/s Mr. Ashley also has dementia and he is total care.

Rodney had been called by his mother about a terrible problem going on with her. She said her doctor had diagnosed her with wegener’s granulomatosis ( w.g.). She also told me she was taking two types of medicine called prednisone and cytoxan. Over that year he;s been checking on her and visiting.One day he had another call. His mother said that she when I remission. Its was the greatest time for him. Over the five years he was even happier and better. Then a tragic event happens.

“Dad, how can we help them?” a simple question yet so powerful. Never give up or NEGU became an international movement. Jessica Joy Rees better known as “Jessie” was diagnosed with two incurable

Dr. Joanna Hudson is my role model in pharmacy practice field. Dr. Hudson has been recognized with awards including the UTHSC Student Government Association Executive Council Excellence in Teaching Award and the UTHSC College of Pharmacy Class of 2007 Teacher of the Year Award. She is the current president of the National Kidney Foundation of West Tennessee and is actively involved in various organizations related to pharmacy and nephrology. She has all the qualities of a great mentor in her personality, her knowledge, and her achievements. Dr. Hudson guided me throughout my nephrology rotation and even afterward to make a better version of myself. She shaped me to be an independent clinician and educator. In addition, she taught me how to

It was an early Friday morning, most of the patients were asleep but few were awake. The nurses and doctors where going round doing their early rounds, making sure someone’s not died. This was the transplant unit, only the few selected to have a transplant would be on this ward. The ward only had around 10 patients on it but that was enough to keep everyone busy. One patient was named Jim. Jim was here for a heart transplant, not just any transplant, after this operation he would have two hearts.