Sara Colombo walked out of her ultrasound appointment with no hope after a Miami-based doctor gave a grim prognosis. In a few days, the doctor said, Sara’s extremely anemic fetus would be stillborn, just shy of 20 weeks.
Two years later, Ulisse Colombo bounds across the Colombos’ house, ...
The world is full of medical oddities, conditions which defy our understanding. Examples abound, from chronic fatigue syndrome to Charcot joints; many “interesting” diseases can afflict the human body.
One of them certainly is Mueller-Weiss Syndrome and the associated collapsing foot ...
At 20 years old, Brescia Dover was ready to take on the world. She was on her way to achieving her dream of being a professional photographer. Everything was going according to plan when her dream came to a halt. Brescia was diagnosed with cancer.
With her plans for her future pushed aside, ...
Many readers will recall the day when a visit to the doctor was exactly that. You walked into the doctor’s office, greeted the receptionist (who you had probably known for years), and eventually saw your doc who likely had cared for your family for a generation. As with so many aspects of ...
In just three days, we celebrate our wonderful patriotic Fourth of July. This clearly is my favorite time of our wonderful Upper Peninsula summers. At this time, we all have the opportunity to celebrate our great country with numerous local parades and spectacular fireworks displays after ...
Judy Ethen loves looking forward far more than looking back.
After surviving multiple bouts of cancer and losing several family members to the disease, Judy knows it’s important to be front and center for family activities and gatherings.
She and her husband, Adrian, keep busy ...