During a routine, yet delicate procedure, my body created a blood clot. An ischemic stroke imposed my cognitive abilities. Luckily, the nurses, doctors and rapid response team reacted quickly. Every day, I express my gratitude to God. A second chance at life is…. precious.
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Graduating Ursuline Academy senior Christine Phan was just a sophomore when a knife-like pain sliced through her brain, nearly knocking her out.
It was Nov. 17, 2007, and Phan had just suffered a stroke.
Rushed to an area hospital, Phan remembers being hooked up to six beeping machines, surrounded by her parents and sister and thinking, “This is how I am going to die.”
She had less than a one-percent chance of survival.
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It was November 29, and the Cincinnati Bengals had just finished a regular season home game. Wiese, an avid Bengal’s fan, decided to walk across the bridge and go to a local bar district, where his close friends and he celebrated the game.
Wiese made the choice to get into his car at the end of the evening to drive home. While heading across the Clay-Wade Bailey Bridge his car hit a retaining wall, flipped and slid over 50 feet. He narrowly missed flipping over the wall and down 20 feet to the streets below.
“My accident started my 28-day ‘nap,’” Wiese said half-heartedly. “I don’t remember anything but was told I was air-lifted to University.”
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“At 19 weeks gestation, I had my first ultrasound and we found out we were having a boy! Exciting news right? Of course that is until the doctor says the big word ‘BUT,’” ~ Erica Thomas
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“I had no quality of life. I was in constant pain, uncomfortable losing the use of my left hand and experiencing problems with my mind wandering uncontrollably. I was unable to safely drive and I was unable to care for my two children.” ~ Joanne George
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Without the trauma team at UC Health University Hospital, I might not be writing this letter. It was Labor Day, 2005. I was trimming a large tree in the front yard, when a branch knocked the ladder from underneath me. The prognosis was not good – probable paralysis from the waist down and possible amputation of the right foot.
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“In May of 2004, I was diagnosed with Hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver. Four and a half years later, in November of 2008, after many complications and delays, I was put on the transplant list. The phone call came on Tuesday, January 13, 2009.”
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