Our heels are made for walking – and sprinting! The second Stiletto Sprint brought hundreds of cancer survivors and supporters together, and raised more than $80,000, to support the fight against ovarian cancer on April 28, 2012.
The Sprint, which took place at SouthPark Mall and involved more than 400 people, was presented by The Bissell Companies and benefitted the Carolinas Ovarian Cancer Fund at Levine Cancer Institute.
Exciting news just in from our Smarty friends at Carolinas HealthCare Foundation:
Physicians, nurses, hospital staff and guests with Carolinas HealthCare System’s Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) will be featured in the second episode of ABC’s The Bachelorette, airing TONIGHT, May 21 at a special time at 9 PM. The episode will cover a unique group date with the newest Bachelorette, Emily Maynard, the first single mom to ever star on the series. Maynard first captured America’s heart on the 15th season of “The Bachelor.”
Vaccinations are one of the hottest debated topics among parents. And there is a new statistic to keep the debate alive.
The Center for Disease Control recently announced that measles cases tripled to 222 in 2011 compared to only 60 cases per year between 2001-2010. The cause is believed to be associated with international travel- especially by those who are unvaccinated and family concerns around vaccinations.
It was a busy week for healthcare. Here is a quick summary so you are “in the know”.
“We are eager to move forward with this project and begin building on our promise to provide more behavioral health services for those who desperately need them in our community,” said Dr. Roger Ray, Chief Medical Officer of CHS.
The state of North Carolina began down-sizing state psychiatric hospitals following the passage of the Mental Health Reform Act of 2001. To date, about half of the state-operated hospital beds have closed.
“The reality today is that many people in our community are in a state of crisis and need the help and assistance that the behavioral health hospital will bring,” said the Rev. Farrell Lemmings, lead pastor at Grace Covenant Church in Cornelius.
Running uphill never sounded so good! It will be a challenge – but for a great cause!
The Carolina Panthers and Levine Children’s Hospital (LCH) are ramping up for their second “stadium run” to support local pediatric cancer research. It’s the Keep Pounding 5K Stadium Run, presented by North Highland Consulting.
This unique event, scheduled for this Saturday, May 19, at 8 a.m., features a mostly uphill course that begins on Morehead Street and enters Bank of America Stadium through the North Gate. Participants will have the exclusive opportunity to run a challenging course through Bank of America Stadium and finish out on the field. The course begins on the CMC Main campus on Harding near Morehead Street, continues up “mount Morehead” to the Bank of America Stadium. Runners enter the stadium campus at the South Gate, run half a lap around the outside of the stadium and enter through the North Gate. From there runners will climb the ramps to the 500 level, run one lap around and descend to the zero level. They will run through the “Cat Tunnel” to finish on the field, surrounded by Sir Purr and the Top Cats. As they cross the finish line, runners’ images will be flashed onto the stadium jumbotron.
This January, we had a huge scare in our Smarty family. It was frighteningly similar to our tragedy four and a half years ago, literally to the day.
January 18, 2012 was like any other day in my busy mom life: carpool, meetings, conference calls, grocery runs, the usual. Until I got a phone call from my dear friend and Smarty co-worker, Kaylee. She told me she had a chest X-ray and they found a mass on her lung – which was the last thing I expected to hear. Four years ago, I got the exact same call and a week later, it was the worst day of my life when I lost Jen Bunich. So I tried to compose myself and sound strong, but I was terrified for what was to come.
“How is fireworks?”
The illogical sentence was all that the normally articulate Joan Hampton, mother of three, could get down on paper as she lay in her hospital bed and tried to communicate with her family following her stroke.
Call it a silver lining of sorts, but as Joan recalls, the period immediately following her stroke was the first time that she truly identified with her 14-year-old son, whose autism makes it difficult to express his thoughts. “Now I understand,” Joan says, remembering how frustrating it was to converse then.
It would be the first of many revelations for Joan, who, at the age of 45, was considered young by stroke standards. Her lack of any typical risk factors—such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes, smoking and obesity—also made her an unusual candidate for stroke.
Smarty Families are healthy families. As a Smarty Mom, you are looking for the right resources to care for the health of your children, spouses, parents, family members, friends and (when you find the time) yourself. We understand that you need a partner in this journey. From first breaths to second chances, Carolinas Healthcare System is there for you. With unparalleled clinical expertise and more than 600 care locations, Carolinas Health is defining the future of healthcare and we want to start with you and your family.
At Carolinas Medical Center, we believe prevention is the best medicine. As presenting sponsor of the 7th Street Public Market, we put health professionals and wellness services inside the market. Together, we have created a unique place to gather and experience essential ingredients for good health – artisan foods, local produce and wellness!
Join Carolinas Healthcare System’s LiveWELL Health Center for the grand opening of the 7th Street Public Market featuring hands-on activities and information, including:
By Allison Gray
We all see stories on the news or in the paper about a child who is sick and in the hospital. Those stories are sad, and you think, “Oh that poor little kid” and, “Thank goodness that’s not us.” A few years ago we became one of those families. Alex, the younger of our two sons, was born in June of 2007 with a serious bacterial infection. The infection was throughout his entire body, and his organs were shutting down. They weren’t sure he was going to make it through that first night, and we were prepared each day that he would not likely survive. It was minute to minute for a long time, but our little guy proved strong. He was in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) for 48 days before he was able to come home, still weak and fragile. Those 48 days seemed like 48 years at the time, and we were happy to move on with our lives. Today, Alex is a healthy child, looking forward to his fifth birthday. However, that’s not where the story ended for us.
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