In the days leading up to Glen Deaton’s emergency trip from Trumann to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), large veins that drain blood from his brain were clotting. Confusion, nausea, vomiting and blurred vision were among his symptoms. An MRI revealed cerebral venous sinus thrombosis – a type of stroke caused by a…
Feb. 11, 2011 | Double vision was the first symptom Ticia Covington, 25, of Searcy noticed while she was getting ready for her fifth day as a school teacher.
Lori Puente said she didn’t know what multiple myeloma was when her husband was diagnosed with the cancer of the blood’s plasma cells back in 2008.
Dec. 1, 2010 | Before he came to UAMS, Paul Jones of Camden was preparing to die. The 67-year-old had a tumor on his left lung that had been discovered during a CT scan following an auto accident.
Sue Cromer of Fort Smith knew it was time for knee replacements when she could no longer baby-sit her two youngest grandchildren at her daughters home. “My daughter has a two-story house, and I couldn’t do the stairs,” said Sue, 64, a retired choir teacher. “I couldn’t walk without pain; if I did anything strenuous…
July 21, 2010| Incontinence turned Laurene Payton’s life upside down for more than a year.
March 10, 2010| The symptoms of her overactive bladder came out of nowhere, 37-year-old Shonae Williams said.
A routine motocross hurdle he safely navigated hundreds of times is at the root of the biggest hurdle Brent Adams has ever had to climb.