Patient Stories

Stories of Strength

Real people sharing their journeys with ARDS—the challenges, the victories, and the hope that carries them forward.

Stories of Hope

Real people, real journeys. Every story reminds us that there is hope, community, and strength in facing ECMO treatment together.

Sunday, November 27th 2022… as the sun was to rise on another of God’s days, our sweet and loving Andrew, gently closed his eyes to this earthly life, and went […]

In May 2022 I had an outpatient surgery to remove a cyst… The wound got infected in the OR, and 5 days later I was admitted to the hospital in […]

Shining Star lost in the galaxies – Yuvika was born on October 19, 2004 in Punjab (India). She was the only child of her parents. She was an astonishing child […]

On October 4th 2019 Mindy Basis contracted what seemed to be the FLU at the time. 10 days later her conditioned continued to deteriorate landing her in ICU. At the […]

In 2018, I contracted H1N1. One week later, after 3 visits to the ER, I was admitted to the ICU with sepsis, double pneumonia, and ARDS. I spent 3 weeks […]

Howard Coleman, a 49-year-old high school teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia, went to the hospital on December 26, 2017 but did not really know what was going on until late January, […]

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