Posts by Lyric Marinac

At just 30 years old, Vicki, an RN Quality Coordinator, experienced some concerning neurological symptoms and decided to get checked out. To her surprise, she discovered she had experienced multiple strokes without even realizing it. Vicki was immediately admitted to the hospital and began consulting with a team of specialists, including neurologists and hematologists. The…

Melissa is a Medical Office Coordinator who originally learned about the Hope Fund through the stories she received in her email. She applied for help when difficult circumstances in her personal life turned from bad to worse. She experienced domestic violence, and with a great deal of courage and strength, she was able to get away…

Rebecca Boyd is an RN lactation consultant at Mission Hospital in North Carolina. She and her husband Randy had just returned from a trip to Colorado to see their grandchildren when they were both diagnosed with COVID. Rebecca got really sick. “I got what they call long-haulers,” she said. With hardly any PTO left following…

Our colleague Lisa needed help after she was diagnosed with a rare condition called skeletal sarcoidosis. After losing her husband last year, she was already living on a tight budget. Expenses related to her care piled up quickly, and eventually she wasn’t able to keep up with them and her normal household bills. She received…

Anna Ponczoch works as a Medical Office Specialist in San Antonio and had been with HCA Healthcare for a year and a half when she was struck with something she never expected. She was in church one day when she began to feel very sick. At first, she thought it wasn’t anything major and tried to…

Sherrye Fisher is a medical assistant in Colorado who was at work one morning when she got a phone call informing her that her 19-year-old son Brandon was in a terrible car accident. His car had rolled multiple times, and he had skull fractures requiring brain surgery. She rushed to be by his side. Brandon…

Kelsie Pulliam is a diagnostic medical sonographer who has worked with HCA Healthcare for seven years. She knew about the Hope Fund from receiving emails about colleagues who were helped, but never anticipated she might be the one needing help until the day her son was born. Kelsie was just 36 weeks pregnant when she…

Tammy Moore is a phlebotomist in Kansas who has worked with HCA Healthcare for seven years. She heard about the Hope Fund and started donating shortly after being hired, but like most people, she didn’t expect to ever have a reason to apply for help. But life can change in an instant, and that is…

Brittany Schmidt is a Nurse Manager who has worked with HCA for about seven years. She was familiar with the Hope Fund from seeing stories in her email, and she knew someone who had received assistance, but she never imagined needing assistance herself until one day she found herself in a very difficult situation. Imagine…

At only 39 years old, most people don’t expect to have major health issues. But as an experienced nurse, Jonathan Sprinkle knew something was wrong. “I had been experiencing pain for some years, but I had a hard time getting a diagnosis since I was only 39 years old,” he said. “One day I was…