“The women I saw in the clinic needed more. They needed someone to help them navigate their journey, a listening ear. You never think something like this could happen to you, until it does.”
‘I had no one who could relate, no one I could talk to. I needed to help women like me, to make their voices heard.’: Endometriosis warrior becomes nurse, fertility coach to advocate for others
‘I am BLESSED to have witnessed this.’: Health care hero stuns pouring heart out on hospital piano mid-shift
“I walk out to take my break and I hear music coming from the atrium at 3:33 a.m.”
‘I thought it was a prank call.’: Radio operator miraculously saves old friend suffering stroke 500 miles away
“The voice on the other end sounded familiar, but it was difficult to understand.”
‘I heard lungs gasping, families weeping, code blues echoing, and then I came home to your ‘fake news’ memes you posted on a whim. And it broke me.’: ICU nurse shares plea for vaccinations
“People who once called me ‘hero’ are now telling me I’m a liar. That my firsthand stories can’t be true. And I weep. For my coworkers who can hardly bare another day. For my family I fear I can’t protect. For the pregnant mamas who will never know their babies. For the husband who will never get to see his kids graduate.”
‘Did you notice the lunches packed with everyone’s favorite foods, the sink empty from last night, the clothes folded and put away?’: Mom shares reminder ‘tell her you appreciate her’
“She did it. Because she is mom, and she does everything, and sometimes that not-noticing hurts her soul.”
‘The doctor secretly put in my chart, ‘Borderline personalities due to dislike of multiple providers.’ I was down to 107 pounds, in constant pain. No one was willing to listen.’: Nurse, chronic illness warrior shares emotional journey to diagnosis
“I was ignored by providers during my cries for help. Friends stopped asking me to hang out. My long-term partner was emotionally unavailable. I had to learn to pursue the life I deserved despite the labels.”
‘I muttered ‘I’m sorry’ to my newborn over Zoom from a different hospital. I didn’t know I’d delivered a baby, or what month it was.’: First-time mom recounts giving birth during post-Covid pneumonia battle
“Next thing I know I’m looking at myself from the ceiling. I’m lying on an operation table. There’s 8 of me. The room keeps spinning. There’s a team working on each copy of me. They’re trying to put me to sleep. They keep telling me to relax. And I’m screaming.”
‘My baby was STARVING. I felt like a failure.’: Mom shares breastfeeding struggles, urges ‘fed is best’
“My eyes closed, and I felt weaker by the minute. Through many, many, many tears and lots of pain, I woke every 3 hours and pumped.”
‘We came without a car seat because we were told we wouldn’t be able to take her home. It was an absolute MIRACLE.’: Mom spends 9 miraculous days with daughter born with Alobar Holoprosencephaly
“The day we took her home was INCREDIBLE. We drove home with her hooked up to machines in the car with the sun shining down on us. Allison got to go home with her family.”
‘I woke up with a tube down my throat. I couldn’t talk. On a piece of paper, I wrote, ‘I want my mom.’: Chronic illness warrior says ‘faith can do wonders’
“Halfway through my 12-hour shift, I began to feel very sick. ‘You need to sit down.’ I had a fever and my oxygen level was low. The next few weeks were a blur.”
