Patient Spotlight
Two miracles, four years apart
By Matt Batcheldor
Kelly Harden's life was saved by a lung transplant. Exactly four years later, she was saved again with a kidney transplant.
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Holding hands one more time: Compassion and collaboration allow couple to spend the most precious time together
By Jill Clendening
Virginia and Tommy Stevens, both 91, have been married 69 years and this was the time they needed each other the most. Compassionate problem-solving by the Palliative Care Unit and the Trauma Intensive Care Unit teams brought the loving couple together one more time.
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“Old fashioned texting”: patient and her caregivers chat via signs in windows
By Jessica Pasley
The clinic building faces the hospital building, and when Katy Rose was in the hospital, she began posting signs for her clinic nurse to see. It kind of grew from there.
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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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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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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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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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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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