Scott had a surgery in October of 2023 to remove a clog in his stomach. The procedure was done through a small incision in his left arm where the surgeon accessed Scott’s radial artery to put a stent in one of the arteries that supplies his intestines. The surgery was...

Focused ultrasound treatment at UNC Health allowed Frank, a patient diagnosed with essential tremor, to play guitar for his wife for the first time ever. Frank noticed what he described as “nerves” in his hands in his 20’s. As it progressively got worse, he could no longer play the guitar....

“No one prepared me to get better from the pain that I had for eight years.” Hilary worked as a paramedic, loved to run, and spent most of her time up on her feet. But after she rolled her ankle on the job, her life changed forever. Since her injury,...

“Dad, after you go to the doctor, will you be able to play with me more?” For two years, Arnulfo experienced a gradual decrease in his eye sight, specifically his peripheral vision. He thought that the vision change was due to aging. But Arnulfo continued to struggle with his worsening...

“The day of surgery, I felt hopeful. I was feeling confident in Dr. Galgano.” Heinley has worked as an actor since his mid 20’s and is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While acting in class one day, Heinley took...

“I thought I was going to be paralyzed.” Butch is a veteran who spent his post military career working as a plumber. His nickname at work was “Bam Bam” because of his strength, which he built up during his time in Iraq carrying a pack and ammo that together weighed over...

“It was like having an eye patch on and it came off and now I can see clearly.” Essie is a NCCC nurse at UNC Health working nights to care for critical patients in the NCCC. While driving home from work in October 2023, Essie had unusual difficulty seeing road...

I thought this would be a new normal, and my family depends on me. I thought ‘this is it.’ Stanley works as a construction worker in North Carolina, and as one would expect in this field, his job is physically demanding. When Stanley started to struggle with debilitating neck pain...

“So there is something wrong because everyone was making me feel like I was crazy.”  EB is a passionate wrestler and has spent years training on the mat of his high school gym in a coastal town of North Carolina. But in November of 2022, EB was injured during a...

“We wanted to do everything we possibly could so that our son gets more time with his dad.”  In January 2024 Sam developed a headache that would not go away. He then started experiencing fainting spells. On February 24, 2024 while attending a birthday party with his 8-year-old son, Sam...