Trent arrived in our trauma center in September 2010 after being hit by a car while changing a tire for a stranded motorist.
Although Dr. Franklin had to amputate a portion of Trent’s leg, this young man has turned that trauma into triumph!
“I chose a career at University of Louisville Hospital to contribute to the advancement of trauma care worldwide. When every second counts, our highly skilled team is ready to care for the most critically injured patients. Ultimately, it’s seeing the recovery of my patients and their families that reminds me why I’m here.”
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Below is another installment of our “Giving Thanks” series that we started on Friday.
In this submission, we have a story from a former stroke patient named Kristen Copis, a 31-year-old wife and mother of a three- year old from Glasgow, Ky. In it she describes how our stroke team staff’s expertise saved her life as they cared for her with compassion.
One of the best benefits of our blog is that we receive heartfelt submissions from former patients who want to say thank you for the care we’ve provided them in the past. These stories are both touching and amazing. So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, we are sharing them with you in this “Giving Thanks” series.
As Pamela Price prepared to leave University of Louisville Hospital, she was carefully removing dozens of get-well cards, most of them featuring dogs; that festooned the walls of her hospital room. The cards were from caring customers, all hoping for a speedy recovery for their favorite dog groomer.
More than a week earlier, Memorial Day of 2011, had started out as a perfectly ordinary day for Pamela Price. The New Albany mother and grandmother was enjoying her holiday and headed home from a friend’s house on the highway around 6:30 p.m. when, in a flash, her world turned completely upside down.
One moment, Ashton Lockhart was walking home from a restaurant along St. Matthews Ave.; the next moment, he lay helpless on the ground, unable to get up or seek help.
“I remember dropping my cell phone and falling,” said Ashton. “The next thing I remember is moaning, trying to get up and couldn’t.”
Unaware of what happened, Lockhart later learned he had been hit by a car. Fortunately, passing motorists noticed him on the ground and called 911.
Ashton was rushed to University of Louisville Hospital with a lengthy list of injuries — one of them life threatening. When police notified Ashton’s wife, Elizabeth, of her husband’s injuries, she was told he might not survive.
During the evening of Jan. 10, 2011, many of Bethany Miller’s classmates were starting on their homework, watching television or maybe just hanging out with friends – in other words, living the normal teenager life.
Bethany’s evening was anything but typical.
Shortly after arriving home from basketball practice, the 15-year-old freshman at Heritage Hills High School in Lincoln City, Ind., began to feel strange.
“I felt weak and lost mobility in the left side of my body,” said Miller. “I wasn’t sure what was happening, but I wasn’t really in any pain so I didn’t think anything was wrong.”
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