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I worked at a local university hospital at the time 13 years ago. I would always arrive early and head to the cafeteria to get a snack before we started seeing patients for the day.  I was standing at the elevator and suddenly I had the worst intense migraine I’ve ever had and everything looked gray. I told my co-workers I was going to go back to the office and sit down. They followed me to the office (this is what they tell me because I have no memory of this portion) and I fell to the

September

2019

15

My name is Debbie K. and I am a stroke survivor! This September 2019, marked my fifth anniversary of stroke survivorship. My stroke journey began on September 4, 2014 , I was 51 years old. The day started off great. I was feeling good, looking fabulous and I was off to a second job interview for my dream job. Needless to say, I was stoked on this particular day. So now I’m in the interview, and I’m acing it.  All of a sudden I felt a tightening in my throat and my speech started to slur. Not

September

2019

11

Our Sam was born too soon at 24 weeks gestation very sudden and unexpectedly. He was a very sick boy who was perfection in every way to his first time anxious parents. My husband and I were swiftly acclimated into a world we were not prepared for. We had to juggle a world full of quick decisions, many ups and downs, unknown situations at every turn, and emotions that left you filled with deep happiness and even deeper sorrow. Our Sam was septic in both his blood and urine at less than one week

September

2019

10

I came home after a family dinner on December 26, 2018. I wasn't feeling well, and went straight to bed. Unfortunately, my stomach had other plans, and I was up the entire night with, what I guessed was, food poisoning. My parents who were visiting, set off to return home in the morning, and I finally fell asleep for a couple of hours. I awoke with a sharp pain in my neck, but wrote it off to being up all night with my head bent over a bucket. I tried to get out of bed, and immediately fell

September

2019

09

After years of wanting to start a family with my husband, and a couple rounds of infertility treatments we were lucky enough to conceive not one but two little miracles last year. As far as twin pregnancies go, mine was pretty uneventful, save for the never ending heartburn and symphysus pubic dysfunction (basically annoying pelvic pain) which brought on the pregnant waddle a bit sooner than planned. I developed gestational hypertension at 34 weeks which was well controlled with medication and

September

2019