An elite athlete trained to push his body clings to life after a routine workout sparked a cascade of life-threatening medical complications. Slater Springman’s body was in crisis battling a new challenge every day. The 22-year-old college baseball player spent 32 days in an out-of-state ICU before he could be stabilized and transferred for the specialty care and inspiring support network available in his hometown. Quick Thinking Likely Saved His Life Slater took the field at Freed-Hardeman University on August 27th for the baseball team’s first practice of the year with high hopes. The t ..read more

In less than 4 days, an athletic 10-year-old boy went from a happy-go-lucky kid to a leukemia patient fighting for his life. With a genetic mutation stacking the odds against him, Dominick was out of time and out of options until his parents found a potential life-saving clinical trial over 900 miles away. Parents’ Intuition Dominick Nino came home from soccer practice on a Thursday night in January with a sore right foot and a mild fever. Over the weekend the foot pain and fever returned intermittently, but never enough to cause great concern. By Monday night, the pain had spread to both ..read more

How COVID-19 May Impact Organ Transplants While it’s no secret that COVID-19 has made a devastating impact worldwide, some studies show that even those who recover from the virus may suffer lasting complications that could result in organ failure, ultimately increasing the need for transplants. The good news is that Transplant Centers in the US are considered the best in the world and have increased the number of successful transplants in 2020 despite the global pandemic. Below we’ve listed three articles that we think you might find interesting: two outline the lasting heart or kidney dama ..read more

How COVID-19 May Impact Organ Transplants While it’s no secret that COVID-19 has made a devastating impact worldwide, some studies show that even those who recover from the virus may suffer lasting complications that could result in organ failure, ultimately increasing the need for transplants. The good news is that Transplant Centers in the US are considered the best in the world and have increased the number of successful transplants in 2020 despite the global pandemic. Below we’ve listed three articles that we think you might find interesting: two outline the lasting heart or kidney dama ..read more

Reclaiming Life: Giving Your Loved One the Best Chance As we enter into the fall season a few thoughts about what we enjoy throughout the year come to mind. Here are a few of the joys we love to experience: A fall of apple picking, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and touch football; A winter of skating, skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding; A spring of road trips, picnics, outdoor bikes-hikes-walks, cleaning, gardening, and pruning; A summer of boating, paddleboarding, swimming, and camping. Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer… An Ordinary Day Can Turn Unexpectedly! In January 2016, Brett Bec ..read more

Reclaiming Life: Giving Your Loved One the Best Chance As we enter into the fall season a few thoughts about what we enjoy throughout the year come to mind. Here are a few of the joys we love to experience: A fall of apple picking, pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and touch football; A winter of skating, skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding; A spring of road trips, picnics, outdoor bikes-hikes-walks, cleaning, gardening, and pruning; A summer of boating, paddleboarding, swimming, and camping. Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer… An Ordinary Day Can Turn Unexpectedly! In January 2016, Brett Bec ..read more

“I don’t believe I would have been as successful, as I have been in my life, had not cancer made me aware of living. You got to be positive, and a negative is only an opportunity for you to find something positive to do. Look at life as a gift and take advantage of it”. John Tucker Jr., Sarcoma Survivor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Every Moment Counts A cancer diagnosis dramatically affects every aspect of life. Cancer patients are immunocompromised, be it from disease progression, chemotherapy, radiation or surgical procedures, and learning to navigate the diagnosis be ..read more

“I don’t believe I would have been as successful, as I have been in my life, had not cancer made me aware of living. You got to be positive, and a negative is only an opportunity for you to find something positive to do. Look at life as a gift and take advantage of it”. John Tucker Jr., Sarcoma Survivor, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Every Moment Counts A cancer diagnosis dramatically affects every aspect of life. Cancer patients are immunocompromised, be it from disease progression, chemotherapy, radiation or surgical procedures, and learning to navigate the diagnosis be ..read more

Ranking the Best Hospitals in the Nation Each year, U.S. News & World Report releases its rankings of the best hospitals in the United States. This report helps patients figure out which hospitals and facilities are best suited to treat them. U.S. News & World Report analyzes data from more than 4,500 hospitals and survey responses from more than 30,000 physicians to rank hospitals in 16 adult specialties, which include cancer, diabetes, rheumatology and more. According to U.S. News & World Report, survival rates, patient safety, specialized staff and hospital reputation were am ..read more

Ranking the Best Hospitals in the Nation Each year, U.S. News & World Report releases its rankings of the best hospitals in the United States. This report helps patients figure out which hospitals and facilities are best suited to treat them. U.S. News & World Report analyzes data from more than 4,500 hospitals and survey responses from more than 30,000 physicians to rank hospitals in 16 adult specialties, which include cancer, diabetes, rheumatology and more. According to U.S. News & World Report, survival rates, patient safety, specialized staff and hospital reputation were am ..read more