Posts by Lyric Marinac

Vince Clemens, a nurse at HCA Houston Pearland in Texas, had shoulder pain, which gradually developed into adhesive capsulitis, commonly known as frozen shoulder. He said, “The pain felt like a knife digging into my tissue.” His range of motion was limited, and steroid injections failed to provide relief. ‌ The prescribed solution? Six weeks…

Jerry, a veteran and nurse with HCA Houston Medical Center for five years, began to experience persistent nausea and abdominal pain. He learned his white blood cell counts were highly elevated, and over a few weeks, he tried multiple courses of oral antibiotics without much improvement. He said, “I showed up to work one day,…

Karla is a Customer Support Specialist based in Missouri. She helps source supplies for clinics and hospitals, she explained, “anything from a Band-Aid to a syringe to a suture.” At a recent family reunion, Karla joined in on a game of kickball and took a hard fall, fracturing her humerus in two places. The pain…

Ryan O’Sullivan has been a Consultant Systems Engineer with HCA Healthcare in Tennessee for over seven years. He also lives with a disease called osteomalacia, often referred to as “soft bone disease.” Treatment for his illness has included complex surgeries and procedures. In his most recent procedure, he experienced severe complications – a pulmonary embolism…

Tianna, a Lead Patient Care Tech at Trident Medical Center in South Carolina, received a call she was not expecting, her mother had a stroke and was unable to move her left side. Tianna was out of work for several weeks without pay as she helped her mother through her recovery. It was becoming impossible…

Cathy Claypool has been with HCA Houston Healthcare Northwest for ten years as a Lab Supervisor. In just the past couple of years, she began to experience multiple debilitating health issues. “First it was headaches, then it was nerve pain,” she said, “a month later, I got a pacemaker and was diagnosed with myocarditis. Then…

Debbi Kessler is an Assistant Professor at Galen College of Nursing. One of her sons, Matt, has a brain tumor. He recently learned that his tumor had grown substantially, and the doctor would need to perform an operation to prevent further growth. The procedure was very expensive. Debbi worried about her son’s health, and she also struggled…

Vera Suffoletta has been with HCA Healthcare at The Medical Center of Aurora in Colorado for 10 years. She applied to the Hope Fund after an unimaginable disaster – her home burning to the ground. “I had to leave my house in less than 30 seconds.” She said. Dark black smoke billowed out as she left.…

Denise Morris is a Nursing Director in Fort Lauderdale with HCA Healthcare for over 13 years. Living in Fort Lauderdale, she is no stranger to severe weather but had never personally been impacted until one day, she came home from work to find water pouring in her house. Unsure what to do and still having…

Alaina is a Sterile Processing Technician at the Surgery Center of Anchorage whose role involves cleaning and sterilization of instruments used in surgeries. She also has a heart condition and learned she needed to have a procedure called a cardiac ablation. In most cases, it takes only about a week to recover, but for Alaina…