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Category: Patient Stories
Barrow Patient Finds Purpose in Brain Cancer Journey
When Hillary Burns and her husband, Dan, reflect on her brain cancer diagnosis, they don’t often wonder: Why us? “Before we could ever think like that, Hillary just...
Patient With Spinal Hemangioma Has Life-Altering Treatment at Barrow
“Be strong and fight.” Andy Scholl heard those four words from his father before going into surgery, and they became his mantra throughout recovery. The 37-year-old was active...
Father, Daughter Undergo Cavernous Malformation Surgeries at Barrow
A Mesa, Ariz., family is looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s Day after a father and his daughter have made remarkable recoveries following complex brain surgeries to remove the...
Tucson Woman Walking Thanks to Thoracic Disc Herniation Surgery
Rebecca Lester had two options: undergo a risky spine surgery with a 50 percent chance of paralysis, or do nothing and lose her ability to walk anyway. “It...
California Woman Has Surgery for Complex Brain Aneurysm at Barrow
A neurosurgeon at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix has successfully removed a complex brain aneurysm from a 34-year-old Burbank, California woman who was facing paralysis and possibly death....