EVERY DAY’S A BLESSING: GV couple near anniversary of miracle transplant
Peg Dosch will soon celebrate the anniversary of her second chance at life.
The Green Valley woman is a liver transplant survivor and on Dec. 22, 2004, she was given a second opportunity to live when a close friend donated part of her liver to save her life.
Chicago's Very Own: CaringBridge
A local family who has a sick baby undergoing brain cancer treatments is utilizing a free website to keep loved ones up to date, every day, on how the little girl is doing.
A Family’s Rock–solid Faith in God
Not a day goes by that I don’t pray for 14–year–old Christian Barker. Eighteen months ago Christian was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia that is unresponsive to chemotherapy.
Create a CaringBridge during Health Crises
When someone you love is too sick or too exhausted to pick up a phone, let alone form coherent sentences, here's how to help.
Free, Secure Personalized Websites For Seriously Ill Patients, Families And Friends
When someone is seeking an elusive diagnosis or undergoing major treatment, that patient benefits enormously from the support of friends and family. Staying current and connected is no easy task at a time like this.
CaringBridge.org provides support during illness, treatment and recovery.
My mom showed me a great website today that has helped her keep appraised of the treatment of two people very dear to her. CaringBridge.org provides a free, easy-to-use service that allows users to maintain a journal, similar to a blog, and to receive messages of support from family and friends.
Online service helps loved ones stay informed on treatments
"I was so impressed by the fact that extended family and friends could keep in contact and send messages," McCluskey said. "So I had to find out more about it."
Staying “ill” informed
CaringBridge’s free Web sites are a lifeline for people dealing with health crises. People like Laura Newman of Little Rock, who was diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma— breast cancer—in April 2006.
Interview with CaringBridge Founder, Sona Mehring
When a friend or family member has a serious illness, it’s sometimes hard to let everyone know their daily progress. Our next guest found a solution. She created the web site, CaringBridge.org, a place where families & friends can keep in touch with loved ones going through a health crises.
A Caring Connection
A soldier injured in battle, a child undergoing treatment for a disease, an elderly parent’s hip replacement. These sorts of trials separate us from our friends and family at a time we most need them. And staying connected can be difficult. “It drains people answering the same questions over and over—reliving the pain each time. Families just run out of time and energy,” ...
Patients log on to stay connected
“She said, I’m sure it’s nothing, I’m really sure but let’s do a routine blood panel and see what we come up with and 3 hours later we had a diagnosis of leukemia,’ says Sarah’s mom Jodi.
Coulter family begins road to recovery
“We are lucky to be alive. As I sit here looking at pictures and trying to digest the last week, I can only sit in awe. It is amazing how four seconds can change the course of your life.”
Web site marks a decade of connecting patients and families
In 1997 Sona Mehring’s close friends were midway through their pregnancy, when a sudden health problem sent them rushing to the hospital. During those first confused hours, Mehring felt helpless.
Site links loved ones with medical patients
With his sister-in-law in critical condition after an April motorcycle crash in Muskego, Steve Whittow realized watching a loved one battle for life also brings communication difficulties.
CaringBridge marks 10 years of connections
“It’s been 10 years and the pain never really goes away.” Darrin Hardegger, Somerset resident, spoke of losing his infant daughter, Brighid.
Help a soldier, any soldier
“Two excellent organizations are Help Hospitalized Veterans, HHV.org, which provides craft kits and gift cards to wounded veterans, and the Web site caringbridge.org, which allows wounded veterans to stay in contact with friends, family and others ...”
Consultant uses OSS to build CaringBridge for the sick
Ten years ago, IT consultant Sona Mehring had a friend who was going through a difficult pregnancy. Mehring wanted to help in some way, so she created a Web site where her friend could post updates throughout the pregnancy and the subsequent premature birth ...
Web Site Connects Families In Health Crisis
Ten-year-old Isaac Bramer checks his personal Web Site whenever he has a treatment for a rare blood disease he’s fighting.
Site lets users share news in trying times
On Dec. 12, Liz logged on to CaringBridge and started documenting her family's life during Claire’s chemotherapy and radiation treatments. Each journal entry ended with, “God Bless & Believe!”
Anthony Wayne graduate wounded in Iraq making Florida recovery
With his wife there to scroll down the screen for him, Sergeant Keil was able to read greetings sent to him from family and friends in northwest Ohio, where he graduated from Anthony Wayne High School ...
My Life with Cancer
“One Web resource, however, was indispensable. My sister set up an account with a nonprofit site called caringbridge.org that brought order and even pleasure to my communication with the outside world ...”
During illness, a bridge to family and friends
Katie Pagano of Torrington, Conn., is three-and-a-half years old. She had leukemia.
“That's what got me through every single day,” Lori says. “To know that all these people were praying for her and cared about her.”
Web Site Lets Cancer Patients Easily Communicate
“It gave me a lot of company in a place where company is very restricted,” said Adler. “It’s a window to the outside world.“
Strengthening Resident Social Support Systems
Assisted living (AL) facility medical teams know how vital social support systems are for a patient’s recovery—particularly for newly admitted patients coming from long-term hospital stays.
CaringBridge Keeps Loved Ones Well-Connected
Assisted living (AL) facility medical teams know how vital social support systems are for a patient’s recovery—particularly for newly admitted patients coming from long-term hospital stays.
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