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Driven to Succeed

It was the first day of September and Jim Cogdill was on his way to work at the car dealership that he has operated on Kingston Pike for 41 years. He had decided to stop for breakfast on the way when suddenly, double vision hit. Then his arm and leg went numb. Cogdill picked up […]

FAST Talk

Stroke commercial reminds man to act quickly Lying on the kitchen floor with coffee grounds strewn all about, Paul Schaab knew he needed to act fast. Fast because he couldn’t talk. Fast because his right arm was paralyzed. And fast because his situation reminded him of the FAST (Face, Arm, Speech, Time) stroke awareness campaign […]

April Daisy Award Winner – Holly Marion

Holly was nominated by a former patient, who was unexpectedly hospitalized in the week leading up to her daughter’s wedding. The patient was informed she would be unable to attend the ceremony so hospital staff made arrangements with the family to pull together a wedding ceremony for the couple in the hospital’s chapel. Holly, who […]

Hip to Pain…

Teacher’s diary shows pain-free days were few Andrea Anderson was hurting – she just didn’t know how much. But when orthopedic surgeon Paul Yau, MD, urged her to track her hip pain after a cortisone shot, she installed a diary application on her smartphone and began making almost daily notes. “When I look back, I […]

Subtle Signs

     There was nothing unusual about that Wednesday in March. It was a typical workday for Karen Russell. There was no indication that anything extraordinary was about to happen, and certainly no indication that she was about to have a stroke.      Russell, 62, processes data at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center, with the […]

The Woman in the Mirror

Tiara-Lady Wilson is an energetic woman with an infectious laugh and a positive attitude. It’s the same attitude that has helped her succeed in life, even winning the title of Miss Tennessee State University in 1998.      It’s also the attitude that has sustained her through years of medical problems that caused her to gain 100 pounds. […]