Posts by Deana Campbell
You Carried Alberto Through His Fight Against Cancer
Alberto Calle, a family medicine resident at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital, came to the U.S. from Guayaquil, Ecuador to study anesthesiology. In May 2024, his life took a sharp turn. After experiencing severe abdominal pain, Alberto was diagnosed with gastric cancer and urgently needed treatment. HCA Healthcare supported Alberto’s transfer to Florida, where…
Read MoreAriel Found Peace and Hope After the Fire Thanks to Our Colleagues
Ariel Richardson is a Lactation Coordinator who just started her position with Medical City Dallas in January. She assists new moms and babies, and has gained valuable experience toward her dream of being a Lactation Consultant. Just a few months after starting her new position, she came home to find the exterior of her apartment…
Read MoreOur Colleagues Stepped in When Frozen Shoulder Left Vince Unable to Work
Vince Clemens, a nurse at HCA Houston Pearland in Texas, had shoulder pain, which gradually developed into adhesive capsulitis, commonly known as frozen shoulder. He said, “The pain felt like a knife digging into my tissue.” His range of motion was limited, and steroid injections failed to provide relief. The prescribed solution? Six weeks…
Read MoreA Hurricane Fight for Survival
Glenda Laws, lead pharmacist at Mission Pharmacy Blue Ridge in North Carolina, began her day as usual until a hurricane swept through her community, turning her life upside down within hours. What began as a typical day quickly escalated into a fight for survival as floodwaters caused by Hurricane Helene surged into her home. She…
Read MoreCaring Colleagues Supported Cheryl During Her Battle With Cancer
Her double mastectomy was the easiest part. That’s what Cheryl West says of breast cancer treatment, which tells you just how difficult her road has been. Two weeks before her annual mammogram, Cheryl saw a bruise in the mirror and felt a lump. She decided not to wait to see her doctor, and is grateful…
Read MoreJanet Finds Help When Things Were Almost Too Much To Bear
After 22 years caring for patients, Janet Shields found herself in need of care. In early 2018, the Memorial Hospital Jacksonville ER clerk was diagnosed with breast cancer. The week she had her lumpectomy, she suffered a detached retina. While surgery was scary enough, having a second problem on top of that — and one…
Read MoreThe Comerford Family Find Comfort From the HCA Hope Fund and Caring Colleagues
Getting the call that your husband is extremely ill in the hospital is terrifying enough, but when that hospital is far from home, the fear intensifies. That was the situation for Christine Comerford, a nurse in Austin, Texas. She dropped everything so that she could fly to Phoenix and be by her husband’s side. “He…
Read MoreNessa Lomax Found Help After Losing Everything
When she was taking stock of her situation in a Houston-area emergency shelter, Nessa Lomax was both grateful — and afraid. Grateful because her family and pet made it out safely when the waters of Hurricane Harvey rose to and through their home, and afraid because they only got away with a few backpacks’ worth…
Read MoreHope Fund Helps a Family Keep Going
In a matter of seconds, Jose “Rusty” Ouano, a medical technician at Centennial Medical Plaza in Centennial, Colorado, went from joyfully singing during a church service to getting so weak he nearly passed out. An ambulance rushed him to the hospital where doctors worked to find what was wrong. “It was scary for my wife.…
Read MoreA Bright Spot of Hope During a Difficult Time
Julie Overton, an RN from Kansas, was fighting to keep things together for herself and her family while life seemed to be throwing her one curve ball after another. Since late 2016 Julie had been having severe migraine headaches, and over the next few months her symptoms got progressively worse to include confusion, difficulty with…
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