Patient Stories

Teen in Awe of Her Start in Neonatal Intensive Care

The nurses took the slender hand with bright pink nail polish in theirs, rubbing the faint scar on the back where the IVs left a permanent reminder of the four and a half weeks Chloe Davis spent in intensive care. Now, 13 years to the day her mom underwent an emergency C-section, the Jessieville Middle…

Patience, Faith Defy the Odds for New Parents

All the odds seemed to be stacked against UAMS patient Amy Johnson to have a child. Not only was she months from 40 and had experienced two miscarriages, she suffered from polycystic ovarian syndrome and had undergone two fibroid removal surgeries. But, could it be true that her pregnancy test read positive? Amy and her…

Two-Time Cancer Survivor Fights Back

Fifteen years after undergoing a mastectomy to remove a cancerous tumor from her right breast, Sherry Tuminello thought her fight was over. Unfortunately, she was wrong. In 2006, Tuminello noticed a small raised area where her mastectomy had been performed and went to her local doctor to have it examined. After a series of tests and…

Cancer Forces Runner to Make Tough Decision

Last spring the school teacher and mother of two boys celebrated five years of being cancer free. For a year, Rhonda Ellis’ left hip popped and ached when she ran. The elementary school teacher and mother of two boys was too busy to have it looked at. Still, it nagged at her on her daily run…

Arkansas Doctor Practices What She Preaches

At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. UAMS patient Dicelle George, a medical doctor…

U.S. Senator Mark Pryor Calls UAMS an Arkansas Treasure

At UAMS our goal is to provide the best care for every patient every day. Our patients say it best, and their stories are really the story of UAMS. All the formal awards and accolades just can’t tell the UAMS story better than the words of our patients. UAMS patient Mark Pryor, a U.S. Senator…

UAMS Throat Cancer Patient First for Robotic Surgery

The cancer in Pat Longinotti’s throat was in a surgical no man’s land – at the base of his tongue. Removing the small tumor the traditional way would require a risky, disfiguring operation, said Emre Vural, M.D., a head and neck cancer surgeon in the UAMS College of Medicine’s Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery….

Tongue Cancer Doesn’t Slow Drummer’s Beat

The rock’n’roll lifestyle doesn’t allow a nagging sore on your tongue to slow you down, and it surely isn’t a very “punk-rock” detail to complain about. After all, Larry Massanet, 42, still had unhampered use of two thundering arms to pummel his drum kit with while keeping beat in two active bands in which he…

Not a Second to Spare

UAMS Leads New Statewide Trauma System as a Level One Trauma Center Ashley Machado drifted off to sleep in the back seat of her car as a friend drove it on icy Highway 70 east of North Little Rock the evening of Jan. 11, 2011. She awoke to screams, a crash – and then nothing….

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