Archive for 2016
Hope Fund Helps Mother of Three Focus on Getting Better
On Christmas Eve 2015, Belinda Brown, Medical Staff Coordinator at Women’s & Children’s Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana, was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer. At first she didn’t know how to react. “I was more in shock than anything else,” she says. “I lived a healthy lifestyle; I’d rarely been hospitalized before. I just couldn’t…
Read MoreWith your support, the Hope Fund helps employee focus on son’s needs during lengthy recovery period
Ask any 13-year-old’s mother, and she will tell you that life is a whirlwind. That is certainly true for Amy Wilson-King and her son Caeden, but in early March 2016 an unexpected diagnosis added a lot of uncertainty and fear as well. “He’d been having some vague symptoms, like blurry vision and headaches, but he’d also…
Read MoreYour support helps optimistic employee after heart surgeries
When Albert Gonzales had heart-catheterization surgery in of March 2016, he was hoping that this would be the end of the cardiac issues that began with a quadruple bypass in 2006. Instead, he found himself back in the hospital and unable to work just as his wife was laid off from her job. “Of all…
Read MoreTo Save Her Daughter’s Life, Tamra Needed to Act Fast
Being prepared is one of the most important characteristics for any nurse. When her daughter, Keshana, was diagnosed with diabetes earlier this year, Tamra Hall, an RN at Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center in Panama City, knew just what the next steps would be. “Being a nurse helped me to come to terms with the…
Read MoreWhen Desiree Was Backed Into a Corner, You Helped Provide a Way Out
If anyone knows what to expect after surgery, it’s a healthcare professional. So when Desiree Singleton needed an outpatient procedure in 2015, she figured she would be back at work pretty quickly. But unexpected complications led to a much longer recovery period, and the HCA Hope Fund became a partner in her recovery. “I had complications…
Read More2016 Hope Fund Week Winners
It is so exciting to see all the support employees are showing on the Hope Fund Facebook and Twitter pages. You have a chance to win every day, so be sure to post your picture each day on our Facebook and our Twitter page for a new chance to win! Thank you for participating!…
Read MoreA Message of Thanks From Someone Helped by our donors
Each month as donors give to the Hope Fund their generosity is changing lives! Hope Fund recipient Chris Bondie from TriStar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee found his family in need of help after Grayson, his seven-year-old daughter, was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis. Since her diagnosis, she has had a multitude of admissions to the hospital, specialist visits, expensive medications and surgeries. Even minor…
Read MoreWhen Life Changes in the Blink of an Eye
Dec. 14, 2015, started as any other day in the Fort Walton Beach Medical Center’s emergency department. Eric Heaton, a paramedic, was at a desk in the department’s lobby where patients are checked in when he heard a noise, a scream … and then “the next thing I know, I’m riding on the front of…
Read MoreGrant Leader Spotlight: Courtney Hunter
The Hope Fund has critical business partners throughout our company, who help fundraise, provide information to employees and assist employees through the application process. Courtney Hunter, Senior HR Business Partner at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center provides amazing support to the employees of North Austin as the facility Grant Leader. “The ability to connect…
Read MoreDay and night duty
Every parent worries that his or her child could become suddenly, seriously ill. That nightmare came true for Dianna Lebron when her 13-year-old son Felix went to the emergency room and wound up having emergency surgery for a bowel obstruction. “He had his bowel resected, but then he began having problems a few days after and…
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