June 18, 2019
Road to Health

HELPING PATIENTS JUST LIKE ME Sal Ram, Driver “Don’t leave the hospital without having something done,” the doctor at UC Davis said. “You’re at 95% blocked, and the medication may not work.” Knowing that an ambulance would take 40 minutes to get to the hospital from my house, I realized I wouldn’t make the trip if something happened. I was thinking about my family: what’s going to happen to my wife and kids (18 and 14) if anything happened to me? I...

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May 15, 2019
Road to Health

HELPING HANDS DANIEL DAVIDSON, Driver My family has had a series of health struggles over the years that have made me understand what’s important when someone you love is sick. From my dad’s six way bypass in 2008 to my mother-in-law’s frequent hospital stays for pneumonia and various infections, I had become more familiar with the insides of hospitals than I ever thought I would. Then five years ago, I got sick too. For several weeks I had chest pains and shortness of...

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April 10, 2019
Road to Health

[vc_row full_screen_section_height="no"][vc_column width="1/6" css=".vc_custom_1553862529725{margin-right: 20px !important;}"][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id="road-to-health-menu"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] HELPING HANDS LACY ENGLEBURT, DRIVER I was finally leaving the hospital after a painful 3.5 hour outpatient surgery, and I was feeling sorry for myself. I have been through so many procedures, and my sister died of breast cancer. I wasn’t feeling hopeful about my chances to escape it either. My sister Elaine on the left, brother Will in the middle But when I opened the door to the hospital parking garage, I ran into Vic,...

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April 10, 2019
Road to Health

My dad spent one night in the rehabilitation home and said, “If you don’t get me out of here, I’ll crawl out on my hands and knees.” He was a feisty man. And at 6’2”, 220 pounds when he was healthy, I never thought he’d die....

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