What a sweet smile to illustrate this story! Luna’s broken arm was treated by an orthopedic traumatologist, a specialist who can expertly handle fractures within moments of injury.
In some hospitals, she’d have been patched up and referred to see an orthopedist days later, but Luna was on the fast track to healing at Cape Fear Valley.
You can read about her experience here.
This was a fun couple to interview, and what a story: Despite a shared interest in marathon running, they both survived life-threatening cardiac events.
He turned his survival into a healthcare career, and she has jumped into advocacy for heart-health research. They both want you to know that a serious heart problem doesn’t always look or feel like you’d expect.
Read more at Richmond Family Magazine.
When a stumble over the curb led to unbearable pain, Susan found that surgery was the best way back to feeling like herself again.
A young mother told me about the most terrifying day of her life, and her sweet boy’s incredible recovery. I was honored that she trusted me with this story.
“Grateful patient” stories are some of the most interesting to me, and this man was one of the most grateful patients I’ve ever met!
It was a pleasure to write his story of survival, and I’m honored that he shared it with me. You can read it here.
It was such a treat to interview chefs from across Virginia as part of a promotion for The Great American Recipe, now airing on PBS.
Their backgrounds were as diverse as their dishes, and they were happy to share recipes that had been handed down through generations. It’s a topic that combines some of my favorites: ancestry, travel and good food!
You can get to know all six chefs here.
Working with VPM has been such a treat, and I always learn something new about the world around me when I write articles like this to accompany their episodes of “UNTAMED.”
Among other things, it has inspired me to grow more native plants in our yard and to love the Virginia opossum.
I spend a lot of time writing about physicians and pharmaceuticals and fancy medical equipment—but my favorite healthcare stories are about the patients themselves.
Here’s a man who persevered through World War 2 and cancer, and has now helped to establish a program that supports other veterans going through cancer care at Cape Fear Valley Health in Fayetteville, N.C.
Greatest generation indeed!
The projects I do with VPM are some of my all-time favorites. We just finished collaborating on the second season of “UNTAMED,” which is all about the Wildlife Center of Virginia and the animals they treat.
They have a very talented team that puts the show together, and from their research I wrote an article to accompany each episode. I learned so much about the animals that live around us, and how to be a better neighbor to them.
Cape Fear Valley Health is a multi-facility hospital system that serves the Fayetteville/Fort Bragg area of North Carolina—my hometown! Their quarterly magazine is chock-full of patient stories and news about their expanding healthcare technology.
It’s also loaded with patient-focused healthcare content, which has been my specialty for more than 15 years.
Here are some pieces I wrote for their latest issue:
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