Patient Stories

https://youtu.be/qDQtxrbHzDw (May 2019) Growing up with Sickle Cell disease, Desiree Ramirez learned all about how to deal with pain. She was in and out of the hospital for transfusions and emergency room visits. “Certain parts of my body would hurt....Continued

Dave Kurtz - Journey of Hope https://youtu.be/lDy5lVpDmIM (August 2019) To say Dave Kurtz has always lived an active life is a dramatic understatement. He ran a major electrical contracting company, raised a family and trained and competed in Ironman triathlons...Continued

https://youtu.be/nzXnRyRYr0o Meet Amy Daniels (August 2011) Amy Daniels was terrified when she learned that she had Scleroderma- a disease that causes the tissue in the skin, blood vessels, and muscles to harden. It's known as the disease that turns people...Continued

https://youtu.be/o18ow1yuL8o (August 2011) Life is full of surprises.  Just ask Darlene and Joseph Davis who seem to have had a lifetime of surprises—good and bad, then good again—already.  As a healthcare professional, Joe Davis knew quite well the risks that...Continued

https://youtu.be/8PZEzVCudhs How adult stem cell treatments got one man back into the game of life.  (February 2012) Slapping hockey pucks around the ice rink, cracking balls around the golf course and pounding out a 65-hour work week used to be...Continued

https://youtu.be/ranzOwOal6c (October 2012) Knowledge is power—but it can also be a burden. When doctors diagnosed Mary Lou Rusco with leukemia, Steve Rusco did what any other husband would do: he went looking for answers in hopes of saving the life...Continued

https://youtu.be/HI3bGSl-S5o Never too old for a Second Chance (September 2015) Confronting death face-to-face, and granted a reprieve with a second chance at life, changes a man.  Just ask Bill Bourland.  Diagnosed with a deadly disease he couldn’t pronounce, the Tucson,...Continued

https://youtu.be/ruI6MpQdyDU Adult Stem Cell Transplant Brings Family Closer Together (August 2016) Nothing, it seemed, could slow down Cindy Schroeder.  The wife, mother of three and special education teacher would drive 150+ miles a day visiting different schools before returning home...Continued