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June 5, 2018
Batesville Mom Well After Blood Clot in Lung While Pregnant
June 5, 2018 | Teighler Kittler’s husband, Corey, was getting dressed for work Oct. 2, 2017, when he heard a long groan. He rushed to the bedroom and saw his wife, 37 weeks pregnant, on the bed clenching her fist and with a fixed stare. It was over in a moment. He asked what happened…
May 31, 2018
Recovery from Acute Leukemia Gives Teacher Something to Celebrate
May 31, 2018 | It was the summer of 2015 and Dottie Lobbs should have been enjoying her summer break. Instead, Lobbs, a special education teacher at Glen Rose High School in Malvern, was experiencing such severe fatigue that she knew something was wrong.
May 29, 2018
Retired Lieutenant General Faces Prostate Cancer Head-on at UAMS
May 29, 2018 | George Crocker is up to just about any challenge. A retired Army lieutenant general, Crocker spent the good part of his life defending his country both at home and abroad. From two tours in Vietnam to serving as commander at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Washington, Crocker made a lasting mark through…
May 21, 2018
Springdale Man Finds Personalized Care at UAMS
May 21, 2018 | There were plenty of reasons why Seth Mohorn would need a feeding tube for an extended period after a recent surgery, but he was determined to quell them. It did not matter that an everyday task would suddenly require more effort from him than ever before. He wanted to continue to…
May 14, 2018
Parkinson’s Patient Active and Proactive About His Condition Treatment
May 14, 2018 | John Lee, of Little Rock, first noticed the small twitch in his fingers about seven years ago. He was in his 50s and Parkinson’s disease was at the top of his mind when he asked his primary care physician about it. “My brother and my cousin both have it,” Lee said….
May 7, 2018
Vacation Injury Puts Little Rock Woman on Circuitous Path to UAMS
May 7, 2018 | On a normal day, Joan Baldridge could reach UAMS’ campus from her Little Rock home in a few minutes. That was not the case in November when Baldridge ultimately needed care in short order. Baldridge and her husband were at Cayo Espanto. The couple worked to pack and tidy up their…
May 1, 2018
Catheter Device Slows Down Internal Bleeding, Saves Lives
May 1, 2018 | Angela Hall of Pineville, Missouri, was halfway through her pregnancy when she had a scare that sent her to her doctor in Rogers. “I experienced some bleeding,” Hall said. “Having had a couple of miscarriages prior to this pregnancy, I was worried it could be happening again.” Hall says once they…
April 25, 2018
NICU Graduates Show off Growth in 7th Annual Reunion
April 25, 2018 | A steady stream of healthy, happy and adventurous infants and toddlers visited UAMS Medical Center April 21 for the Seventh Annual NICU Reunion. Karrissa Newby has been to the event once before, when her baby was about 3 months old and a very recent graduate of the UAMS neonatal intensive care…
April 12, 2018
NFL Players Pay Surprise Visit to UAMS Cancer Institute
April 12, 2018 | UAMS patient C.M. McClain Jr. was not expecting to celebrate the final day of his treatment cycle with six NFL players, including a Heisman Trophy winner. But that’s exactly what he did. The players came up one by one to shake his hand, introduce themselves and talk at length about his…
April 9, 2018
Pennsylvania Woman Finds Better Life Through UAMS Pain Clinic
April 9, 2018 | Carye Beavers is always in pain. The 45-year-old has a degenerative bone disease that was made worse by a car accident in 2011. Before she discovered relief from the UAMS pain management clinic, Beavers says her days usually ended around noon because it hurt too much to function regularly beyond that….
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