Stories of the Heart: Reflections on the Heart Transplant Journey : Stories of Hope and InspirationNancy Siemers Kirk House Publishers, 1999 - 205 Seiten |
Inhalt
PREFACE | 5 |
There Is No Hope for | 11 |
Owen Waxman | 18 |
Our Double Miracle | 30 |
Trading One Illness for Another Barb Rooney | 37 |
Another Chance at Life | 43 |
Leonard Spielman | 51 |
Stan | 63 |
Mary Evans | 110 |
Henry Strecker | 120 |
A New Heart for Valentines Day Dewey Folkestad | 128 |
Nathan Got His Miracle | 137 |
Everybody Was Praying for | 146 |
Margaret Kleiv | 157 |
Pete Eiden | 163 |
Jim Midtbo | 174 |
Responsible for Two Lives | 69 |
Through Every Emotion | 82 |
Was Happy and Yet I Cried | 89 |
Can Do Because of | 91 |
Mary Fellows | 104 |
Nancy Siemers transplant coordinator | 180 |
Amazed by Strength and Courage | 186 |
Financing Transplantation | 192 |
References | 203 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abbott Northwestern Hospital able AICD angiogram angioplasty anti-rejection asked biopsy blood breath Bruce bypass called cancer cardiac cardiologist cardiomyopathy chest clinic congestive heart failure Connie cyclosporine daughter defibrillator diagnosed doctor donor family donor heart drug enjoys feel felt flolan friends gift go home grandchildren happen heart attack heart disease heart failure heart problems heart transplant hope husband immunosuppressive January kids knew later live look Mark Davis married Medicare Midtbo Minneapolis Minnesota miracle months Nancy needed never night North Dakota nurses organ donation pain Patty Davis person prayed pre-transplant prednisone Pritzker received rejection Sandy Sioux City someone staff started stay support group surgery talk tell tests thank things thought told took transplant center transplant coordinator transplant list TRANSPLANT NUMBER transplant patient transplant team waiting list walk wanted week wife Willard wonderful