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Charlie’s Story: Epilepsy

Charlie’s Story: Epilepsy

By Charlie Shor I have had many adventures in my 57 years, and I have accomplished much. But the main message of my story, which I have been given the opportunity to share, is that anything is possible. If you have epilepsy, as I do, it says nothing about who you are or what you…
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Alison’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following Neurotrauma

Alison’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following Neurotrauma

She has completed medical school, has won the Flying Pig Marathon and has reached the summit of two of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks.Today Dr. Alison Delgado is tackling a mountain of a different kind. Step by hard-earned step, word by remembered word, the young pediatric resident has come back from a bicycle accident that caused serious…
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Courtney’s Story: Traumatic Spine Injury

Courtney’s Story: Traumatic Spine Injury

Courtney is positive that she was wearing her seatbelt. Perhaps that is why her head and neck – thankfully — were fine. Perhaps that is also why her midsection was so violently impacted, as the force of the rollover twisted her limber cheerleader’s body around and out of the car and into a ditch along…
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Scott’s Story

Scott’s Story

Scott has no recollection of the concrete wall. His wife, Sondra, knows only what she was told. And that, she says, is something of a fish story, with the wall growing with every telling … from eight feet, to 10 feet, to 14 feet What’s most important is that Scott survived the wall’s collapse, partly…
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Zettie’s Story: Aphasia

Zettie’s Story: Aphasia

In November of 2004, Zettie Williams confronted what neurologists consider one of the most feared consequences of stroke. When a therapist showed her a photograph of her son, she knew she was looking at her son, but she couldn’t say his name. Ms. Williams was suffering from aphasia, a language impairment that makes communication difficult….
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Alisha’s Story: Acoustic Neuroma

Alisha’s Story: Acoustic Neuroma

There was a time in Alisha’s young life when she was angry at her fate and bitter about her life. “I wondered why this had to happen to me,” she said. Her outlook has changed to one of eagerness and optimism. Today, five and a half years after having surgery at the UC Brain Tumor…
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Leah’s Story: Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)

Leah’s Story: Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)

Leah is a young woman who sings, dances, and plays the guitar. She is also a survivor of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). It is rare for someone in her mid-teens to have had an AVM, an abnormal tangle of blood vessels in the brain or spine that can cause devastating effects if it begins to…
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Alison’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following Neurotrauma

Alison’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following Neurotrauma

She has completed medical school, has won the Flying Pig Marathon and has reached the summit of two of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks.Today Dr. Alison Delgado is tackling a mountain of a different kind. Step by hard-earned step, word by remembered word, the young pediatric resident has come back from a bicycle accident that caused serious…
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Amber’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm

Amber’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm

The only visible sign of Amber Gray’s ordeal is the long slender scar   that runs along her forearm. It is the area where a surgeon carefully   removed her radial artery, which was needed to bypass a damaged artery   in her brain. Another scar, where Mario Zuccarello, MD, opened the skull to perform   the bypass and…
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Laura’s Story: Traumatic Spine Injury

Laura’s Story: Traumatic Spine Injury

What began as a shortcut became, for Laura Brunner, a monumental detour. Laura, a prominent Cincinnati business executive, was enjoying a mountain hike in Montana with fellow trustees from the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts when the group decided to take a shortcut. They could shave 30 minutes off their return trip by…
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  • Hope Stories

    • Charlie’s Story: Epilepsy

      Charlie's Story: EpilepsyBy Charlie Shor I have had many adventures in my 57 years, and I have accomplished much. But the main message of my story, which I have been given the opportunity to share, is that anything is possible. If you have...
    • Alison’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following Neurotrauma

      Alison's Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following Neurotrauma She has completed medical school, has won the Flying Pig Marathon and has reached the summit of two of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks.Today Dr. Alison Delgado is tackling a mountain of a different kind. Step by hard-earned step, word by remembered...
    • Courtney’s Story: Traumatic Spine Injury

      Courtney's Story: Traumatic Spine Injury Courtney is positive that she was wearing her seatbelt. Perhaps that is why her head and neck – thankfully -- were fine. Perhaps that is also why her midsection was so violently impacted, as the force of the rollover twisted...
    • Scott’s Story

      Scott's Story Scott has no recollection of the concrete wall. His wife, Sondra, knows only what she was told. And that, she says, is something of a fish story, with the wall growing with every telling … from eight feet, to 10...
    • Zettie’s Story: Aphasia

      Zettie's Story: Aphasia In November of 2004, Zettie Williams confronted what neurologists consider one of the most feared consequences of stroke. When a therapist showed her a photograph of her son, she knew she was looking at her son, but she couldn’t say...
    • Alisha’s Story: Acoustic Neuroma

      Alisha's Story: Acoustic Neuroma There was a time in Alisha’s young life when she was angry at her fate and bitter about her life. “I wondered why this had to happen to me,” she said. Her outlook has changed to one of eagerness and...
    • Leah’s Story: Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)

      Leah's Story: Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)Leah is a young woman who sings, dances, and plays the guitar. She is also a survivor of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). It is rare for someone in her mid-teens to have had an AVM, an abnormal tangle of blood vessels...
    • Alison’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following Neurotrauma

      Alison's Story: Ruptured Aneurysm following NeurotraumaShe has completed medical school, has won the Flying Pig Marathon and has reached the summit of two of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks.Today Dr. Alison Delgado is tackling a mountain of a different kind. Step by hard-earned step, word by remembered...
    • Amber’s Story: Ruptured Aneurysm

      Amber's Story: Ruptured Aneurysm The only visible sign of Amber Gray’s ordeal is the long slender scar   that runs along her forearm. It is the area where a surgeon carefully   removed her radial artery, which was needed to bypass a damaged artery   in her...
    • Laura’s Story: Traumatic Spine Injury

      Laura’s Story: Traumatic Spine Injury What began as a shortcut became, for Laura Brunner, a monumental detour. Laura, a prominent Cincinnati business executive, was enjoying a mountain hike in Montana with fellow trustees from the Dan Beard Council of the Boy Scouts when the group decided...