Ear, Nose and Throat Patient Stories
July 10, 2018
Little Rock Musician: Surgery ‘Changed My Whole Life’
July 10, 2018 | As a musician, 37-year-old Paul Campbell generally keeps a busy schedule. If he’s not playing live music with a band, he’s producing in a studio, instructing students as an adjunct professor at Arkansas Baptist College or serving as a career coach at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Tech. Campbell even took…
August 24, 2017
Fiberoptic Scope Procedure Shines Light on Baby Swallowing
Aug. 24, 2017 | All parents closely monitor their babies in the first weeks of life for milestones: he grabs your finger; she gazes into your eyes; he starts responding to noises. But in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), baby’s first milestones take on even more meaning. They can be a sign of the…
April 3, 2017
Bony Sinus Tumor Removed Without a Single Cut
April 3, 2017 | Mary Neal French went in for surgery to remove a bony tumor from her sinus last September and woke up to find the tumor gone. But her surgeon didn’t have to make a single cut. French said she began having headaches with a lot of pressure in July. She believed it…
August 13, 2015
The Muse Sings Again
“In 20 years of singing, I’ve never had anything like this happen,” said Deleen Davidson, a lyric soprano, formerly with the New Orleans Opera. Deleen, who now heads up The Muses Creative Artistry Project in Hot Springs, began to experience sinus and allergy problems in November, but within weeks her laugh changed, her speaking voice…
August 12, 2015
Gray’s Anomaly: A Source of Empowerment
“I’ll trim it so it’s not so bulky,” James Y. Suen, M.D., said as he folded, then snipped a tiny edge of gauze off before he placed it on his patient’s right jaw. He has cared for 23-year-old Jasmine Gray ever since she was 11 when she traveled from Memphis, Tenn. to see him after…
August 10, 2015
UAMS Ear Specialist Hits the Right Note for Harpist
After 15 years of a recurring ear problem, Beth Stockdell was skeptical when told that a doctor at UAMS could help her. She had seen ear, nose and throat doctors since 1995 to relieve the pain and pressure of her right ear, which “popped” and never recovered after a cold in 1994. The only treatment…
December 12, 2014
UAMS Helps Clear College Student’s Head
To say that Nicholas Hardin’s problems were all in his head is true, albeit slightly misleading. It wasn’t psychology that was regularly giving the 19-year-old college sophomore debilitating headaches. But, not knowing what it was, he was at a loss for a time and helpless to stop them. “If I was unfortunate enough to get…
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