September is National Sickle Cell Awareness Month. Sickle Cell Disease is a group of diseases that affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body. People with sickle cell disease have hemoglobin S, which can distort red blood cells into a sickle, or crescent shape versus the normal round shaped red blood cells. This disease … [Read more...]
Hospital Helps Dying Patient Say ‘I do’
A 52 year old woman with a deadly leukemia prognosis had one of her wishes come true most recently thanks to staff at Kentucky’s University Hospital. According to Nurse Melissa Pritchett, “One of her wishes was to get married before her time was up.” The hospital put together a wedding ceremony so that Evonne Lee and her partner of eight years Don Tyler could exchange nuptials. … [Read more...]