“The doctors suggested if I was to ever wake up, I would NEVER walk or talk again and would be in a vegetative state for the rest of my life. But my parents had hope.”
‘The specialists told my parents, ‘Switch his life support machine off.’ What my dad did saved my life.’: Assault victim shares ‘miracle’ recovery from traumatic brain injury
‘Dad said, ‘I really hope I get to see you again. If anyone can beat the system, it’s you.’ GAME ON.’: Woman thanks kindness of strangers for aiding her to visit dad in hospital bed
“I borrowed a Sharpie from the nice lady at the counter and wrote inside a donut box. Curious, she asked what I was up to. ‘I’m trying to covertly communicate with the nurses on my dad’s hospital floor.’ Then I detailed all the ways I’d be willing to sneak in if they’d let me, including wearing a disguise, hiding in a laundry cart, or lying very still on a gurney covered in a sheet.”
‘A couple were looking for help to grow their family. My husband said, ‘I’d never stop you blessing the lives of others.’: Mom of 5 becomes gestational carrier
“The process of getting pregnant with someone else’s baby is equally terrifying and exhilarating.”
‘My leg was suspended in the air as I fell at 125mph. I hoped it was all just a nightmare, but it was real.’: Woman shares recovery journey after surviving solo skydiving accident
“When I hit the ground, I tried to get up, but I couldn’t feel anything below my waist. I started praying aloud and screaming for help. One sweet girl knelt next to me and said, ‘Don’t worry. You are not paralyzed. This is all I wanted to hear at the moment.'”
‘A nurse told me his arm was swollen. I prayed a thousand times for the chance to be this little boy’s mom.’: First-time parents navigate newborn’s cancer diagnosis
“They told us, ‘The tumor is growing all around and between the bones, resulting in the bones being separated.’ It would be impossible to remove all of the tumor and leave behind a functioning arm. The best treatment would be amputation and chemotherapy.”
‘Before I walked across the stage in 1992, as the youngest R.N. in my class, I had already received a different title: ‘Mother.’ Twice.’: Teen mom defies odds to become awarded nurse
“When I walked across the stage at 22, I was determined to lead by example. I wanted to show any young mother out there the choice is theirs to make. Only you can decide how your life will turn out.”
‘I arrived in December 1989 only 3 pounds, with my organs outside of my body.’: Exomphalos warrior defies all odds, overcomes bullying to start national support group
“With how small I was, and how rare it was, they told my family I wouldn’t live. Little did they know, I was a little warrior who wasn’t going to give up.”
‘It’s not just a bad headache or a really bad hangover. It is a hell you cannot escape.’: Young woman details life with chronic migraines, vows ‘I am not giving up’
“It’s lying in bed for days at a time in complete darkness. You can’t concentrate or think because the pain is so bad. You can’t look at even a sliver of light without piercing pain. You can hardly form words or speak. Sometimes, you feel like you are actually going to pass out.”
‘I remember thinking, ‘Why is my body doing this to itself?’ I was so angry at my immune system for failing me.’: Woman shares life with stoma after Chronic Colitis diagnosis
“I will never stop talking about it – to challenge the stigma so no one has to feel embarrassment and shame.”
‘I heard the word ‘defect’ among whispers. Tears flowed, but her worth remained unchanged.’: Mom shares daughter’s journey with Down Syndrome, heart diagnoses
“I had my 20-week anatomy scan. This is always my favorite appointment, where the sonographer details every portion of the growing baby, and I go home to put a perfect sonogram photo on the fridge. This appointment was different.”
