Nine years ago, Mathew Craft was riding his motorcycle on a county road in Dayton, Texas, northeast of Houston, when he was struck by a turning car. “I don’t remember flying over the top of the car,” he says. “But I remember hitting the ground, square on my chest. It sucked the wind out of [Continue Reading]
After a Family Tragedy, a Nurse Found a New Calling in Transplant Care
Organ transplant recipients are close to Jessica Borden’s heart. Borden, a heart transplant coordinator at the Center for Advanced Heart Failure at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, was drawn to this specialty for a personal reason. Her younger brother, Jared, was fatally injured in a horseback riding accident a decade ago, when he was just 11. [Continue Reading]
How a Track Star’s Unexpected Diagnosis Made Her an Advocate for Colon Cancer Screening
If reducing your risk for colon cancer were an Olympic sport, Tonja Buford-Bailey could have won a medal. The 52-year-old former track star, who earned bronze for the 400-meter hurdles in the 1996 Olympics and now coaches other elite athletes, is in excellent physical shape. She drinks plenty of water. She’s never smoked. She eats [Continue Reading]
The Tooth Fairy Makes Rounds
A little girl lost her first tooth in the middle of a sleep study. Then magic happened at the lab. When 6-year-old Lyric Thomas arrived at the Memorial Hermann Sleep Disorders Center at Westside one recent evening, she had a lot to talk about. She chatted nonstop with pediatric sleep technologist Kelli O’Leary about school, [Continue Reading]
Great-grandmother with atrial fibrillation receives groundbreaking procedure to remove need for blood thinners
Great-grandmother Penny Null, 75, is an avid gardener, baker and quilter. On most days, you can find her at home doing what she loves most. She cooks fresh bread from scratch, often two loaves per week. She patiently cares for her huge garden, freely giving out her canned produce, including green beans, creamed corn and [Continue Reading]
Breathing Easy: After a double lung transplant, Brandy Mills feels like a ‘walking miracle.’
After Brandy Mills contracted COVID-19 in the summer of 2021, she spent more than three months in the hospital. She could barely get out of bed. She lost 50 pounds. And her lungs quit working. Today, she’s back on her feet, thanks to a double lung transplant she received at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center over [Continue Reading]
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