Meet Briearra Kennedy
Briearra is helping connect patients with services, thanks to your support for programs like Mercy Serves Mercy Serves is an innovative program made possible by your support. The program focuses on matching vulnerable patients with available services. Briearra Kennedy is part of Mercy Serves. The program is a partnership with AmeriCorps, the federal agency for…
Read MoreMeet Teri Reynolds
Donor support of nurse navigators was a blessing for Teri during breast cancer treatment Teri Reynolds felt frightened and overwhelmed after a routine mammogram revealed a lump in her breast, which was diagnosed as cancer. Donations toward Mercy Health Oncology Nurse Navigators provided vital comfort. Her navigators guided her through the maze of appointments, tests…
Read MoreEthelia Bryant’s Story
Thanks to donors, music therapy was available to Ethelia and her family after her medical crisis It was a frightening time for the Bryant family when their mother Ethelia was rushed to Mercy Health – Lorain Hospital unable to breath. “They decided that she needed to have a pacemaker,” remembers her daughter, Latrice. “We had…
Read MoreMeet Bob Pyndell
You helped provide the meditation sessions that gave Bob peace of mind during his cancer battle After 18 months of treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, Bob Pyndell was spent. A combination of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy left him physically, emotionally, and spiritually depleted. Your gift gave him strength. “There was so much pain…
Read MoreMeet Carl & Kathy
Your support provided the rehabilitation tools Carl needed to live at home with his wife, Kathy Kathy Schulz could see the toll several falls and multiple surgeries had on her husband Carl. She worried he might never get back to how he was before. “After his second surgery, Carl was left like an infant. He…
Read MoreKaZonté’s Story
KaZonté’s work with victims of violent crime at the Trauma Recovery Center is possible thanks to you Thanks to gifts from donors like you, KaZonté Allen and her colleagues can provide specialized care in their community to those who really need it. KaZonté is a social worker and therapist at the Mercy Health – Toledo…
Read MoreMeet Earl Gordon
Earl is standing tall because you support Mercy Health Marcum and Wallace Hospital’s Outpatient Infusion Clinic Earl Willis believes your support of the Outpatient Infusion Clinic at Mercy Health Marcum and Wallace Hospital saved his leg. The clinic specializes in wound care and the staff were able to find the cause of Earl’s troubles. Earl…
Read MoreMolly Frost’s Story
Thanks to you, Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital had the tools to save Molly’s life from stroke multiple times Molly Frost recalls vividly the moment during her first brain bleed stroke that she was asked which hospital she wanted to go to. “I said I wanted to go to St. Mary’s,” she says. “I was…
Read MoreMeet Debra Long
Thanks to you, Debra had life-changing bariatric surgery Debra Long’s life before her bariatric surgery was painful and unhealthy. She was overweight, borderline diabetic and in need of a knee replacement. Even going up a flight of stairs hurt. She found relief at the Bon Secours Hampton Roads bariatric surgery program at Mary Immaculate Hospital,…
Read MoreMeet Nancy Rowe
You’re helping Nancy stay active while she recovers from a broken hip at East Pavilion Nancy Rowe has always been one busy lady. Even an extended stay at Bon Secours Southampton Medical Center’s skilled care and long-term care facility, East Pavilion, to recover from a broken hip isn’t slowing down this 86-year-old. “At one point…
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