Patient Spotlight
That piano music coming from the chapel? It’s a 16-year-old patient at the baby grand
By Jessica Pasley
The first chance he got to leave his hospital room, Gabe Gingerich made his way to the keyboard
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Patient Spotlight
Kenneth Reynolds weighed 780 lbs., and his body was shutting down. Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center gave him back his life.
By Jill Clendening
Coming up: going fishing with his grandchildren
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Patient Spotlight
A mysterious heart ailment almost killed Kevin Moore. It took a Vanderbilt team to pull him through.
By Matt Batcheldor
“I think Kevin’s story really shows that if you can get people through that early sick period with the best management, the patient can do very well.”
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Patient Spotlight
VUMC nurse Kendra Kilgore received a liver transplant as a teenager. Then her teenage daughter needed one, too.
By Jessica Pasley
Kendra's experince helped her daughter Carissa: "I was able to explain to her from a first-hand view what it was like, not as a nurse, but as someone who went through it."
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Patient Spotlight
A story of family and faith: Jennifer received a kidney transplant. The donor was Capri, who is married to Dennis. Jennifer is Dennis’ ex-wife. It’s complicated.
By Matt Batcheldor
The extended family has grown closer as a result of Capri's generosity. She says her faith led her to the decision.
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Patient Spotlight
Janet Darnell received a life-saving lung transplant. Five months later she received life-saving surgery for colon cancer. She calls herself a “walking miracle.”
By Matt Batcheldor
Without the lung transplant, the cancer may never have been detected.
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Patient Spotlight
Multiple sclerosis, lung cancer, and 50 marathons: Aaron Hawkins about to reach amazing milestone
By Jill Clendening
"He has been a blessing and role model for so many," his doctor Jonathan Nesbitt says.
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Patient Spotlight
Hospital staff conspires to help transplant patient plan a surprise proposal – to his wife
By Matt Batcheldor
Love was in the air on the seventh floor of Medical Center East
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Patient Spotlight
Marching in the Tournament of Roses Parade after knee surgery? Check. Carrying a 30-lb. drum set? That, too.
By Emily Stembridge
It was a long journey for Jill Griffin to that iconic New Year’s Day parade, and her surgeon Rick Wright made it possible
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