Guy Baird survived four bouts with cancer before developing a bone infection in his toe. It was serious enough that his doctors recommended he have the toe amputated. While hesitant, the 75-year-old decided to go through with the procedure, even though he was not looking forward to rehab or an extended hospital stay. His wife, [Continue Reading]
Road to Recovery: After a motorcycle crash, Mathew Craft overcame challenges by focusing on finding joy.
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]
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