Patient Spotlight Archive — Page 6 of 12
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September 21, 2023
Two miracles, four years apart
Kelly Harden's life was saved by a lung transplant. Exactly four years later, she was saved again with a kidney transplant. -
September 15, 2023
A year of teamwork restores patient’s arm after devastating accident
Hundreds of Vanderbilt Emergency Medicine, Trauma, Orthopaedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Occupational Therapy clinicians have played a role in saving and restoring the function of patient Dawn Reed’s right arm and hand after a utility terrain vehicle accident. -
September 1, 2023
Holding hands one more time: Compassion and collaboration allow couple to spend the most precious time together
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. -
June 26, 2023
“Old fashioned texting”: patient and her caregivers chat via signs in windows
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. -
May 4, 2023
That piano music coming from the chapel? It’s a 16-year-old patient at the baby grand
The first chance he got to leave his hospital room, Gabe Gingerich made his way to the keyboard -
April 24, 2023
Kenneth Reynolds weighed 780 lbs., and his body was shutting down. Vanderbilt Weight Loss Center gave him back his life.
Coming up: going fishing with his grandchildren -
April 6, 2023
A mysterious heart ailment almost killed Kevin Moore. It took a Vanderbilt team to pull him through.
“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.”