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Room to Breathe Again: Melanie’s Story of Recovery and Hope
Melanie Tromblee, a nurse in the operating room at Grand Strand Medical Center in South Carolina, built her career around caring for others. After 26 years as a CNA, she became a nurse in 2020. One evening after work, Melanie suddenly became the person who needed care when a deer struck her car on the…
Read MoreThere When He Needed It Most: Bill’s Hope Fund Story
Bill Boeheim works in guest services at the front door of the emergency room at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Each night, he helps loved ones find their family members, answers questions and offers reassurance during some of the most stressful moments of their lives. Helping people in their times of need is what…
Read MoreCare Comes Full Circle: Jennie’s Story of Hope Through an Uncertain Journey
As a registered nurse in the PACU at Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center in Las Vegas, Jennie Willis had spent her career caring for patients. But after experiencing multiple miscarriages, she found herself facing an uncertain journey of her own. Becoming pregnant with her third child felt like a blessing. At 24 weeks, Jennie learned…
Read MoreOur Colleagues Empowered Amy to Fight Breast Cancer with Hope
Amy Graf has spent 12 years caring for patients at the Surgicenter of Johnson County in Overland Park, Kansas where she’s a charge nurse and coordinator in same-day surgery. She considers her workplace a second home and deeply values her team and the patients she serves. In October 2024, Amy’s routine mammogram revealed triple-negative invasive…
Read MoreYou Can Be the Reason Someone Like Chernise Finds Hope
Chernise White is a team leader for Environmental Services at HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville. She was descending the stairs at her apartment during a power outage when she missed two steps and injured her knee. At first, she didn’t think it was serious but later learned she had torn her meniscus. Her recovery…
Read MoreCaring colleagues give hope to Med Unit Secretary experiencing cardiac distress
Dietra Turner, a 71-year-old medical-surgical unit secretary at HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton, woke up one morning with severe chest pain. Recognizing the seriousness of her symptoms, she sought emergency medical care right away. Over the next two days, she underwent testing and monitoring. Her physician ordered an emergency heart catheterization. The procedure was successful,…
Read MoreWhen Beth started having seizures, our HCA Healthcare family gave her hope
Beth Lange, a billing reports analyst for the Tampa Shared Services Center, began experiencing seizures out of the blue. She endured six relentless months of tests, specialists, and hospital stays, all while scrambling to find a new home when the one she and her family were renting was suddenly sold. Beth found herself out of…
Read MoreAn accident led to three months of recovery – we proudly assisted Ericka
Ericka Graves is a certified nursing assistant at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and has been with the hospital for nearly six years. She describes her job as “very busy,” as she actively takes care of patients and ensures their safety and happiness. Recently, she was enjoying some family time with her daughter at a waterfall,…
Read MoreWe gave Brandee and her husband hope after they were both hospitalized
This year, Brandee Hammontree, manager of oncology data and accreditation at Sarah Cannon in Kansas City, Missouri, experienced a fainting episode and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism – she needed extensive medical care. Shortly thereafter, her husband, David, was in a terrible accident after he hit a snowy pothole, resulting in punctured lungs, broken…
Read MoreWhen Celeste needed to be by her husband’s side, our Hope Fund helped
Celeste Diaz is a charge entry specialist at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Earlier this year, her husband, Ben, experienced an unusual bout of fatigue, and Celeste noticed a droop on the right side of his face. “I knew he needed immediate medical attention,” she said. Ben was diagnosed with a stroke,…
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