Patient Stories

UAMS Gives 86-Year-Old Artist Ability to Create

Countless hours spent hovering over his original three-dimensional works of art, chiseling and shaping and drilling the large colorful panels, is hard work for anybody. “Let alone a man of my age,” said Michael Butner, 86, a Little Rock artist. “It’s very taxing on my old bones.” So much so that Michael relies on weekly…

Aging Gracefully

In his role as an electrical engineer who was a contract employee for NASA, Larry Ritterbush worked to develop future technologies. But when he envisioned his retirement years, he never imagined being confined to a wheelchair, unable to care for himself and facing the possibility of having his foot amputated. Due to the comprehensive medical care…

UAMS Helps Accident Survivor Overcome Injuries and PTSD

You don’t have to ask Gail Ragland whether or not she believes in miracles – she counts herself as one. Medically she has defied all odds to survive not only a horrific car accident, but also the stress that followed it. In February 2010, Gail Ragland, of Marshall, and her husband, Roy, were driving in…

‘People Don’t Just Work Here’

What few details Jean Rugamba knows of the morning of July 20 he has learned mostly secondhand. He was driving alone, and the roads were wet. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a pole at approximately 70 mph. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown out a window. In the process,…

Varicose Vein Treatment Gives Educator Extra Pep

When many people think of varicose veins, images of enlarged and bulging vessels visible through the skin come to mind. While that is often a telltale sign of the condition, varicose veins can sometimes exist deeper beneath the skin’s surface. “I didn’t have the typical symptoms,” said Lorraine Frazier, Ph.D., R.N., former dean of the…

Surgery Helps Teen ‘Blossom’ after Wreck

For two years, 18-year-old Paige Collins of Harrison thought her fate was to live with a tilted neck following a 2012 car accident — until she came to UAMS. A tilted neck wasn’t her only injury. She endured a broken neck, fractured femur and tibia, internal bruising, and a T6 fracture. But after undergoing surgery…

Support from UAMS Helps Ann Elmore Live with Lymphedema

After undergoing surgery for breast cancer in 1997, Ann Elmore knew something wasn’t quite right with her left arm. “My arm would swell, and I would get it treated, time after time,” she said. In 2002, after numerous appointments with her doctors, she was referred to Dr. Reed Thompson at UAMS. Dr. Thompson diagnosed Ann, a retired…

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