Covington County Hospital Wound Healing Center Patient Champion: Earlene Graves When Earlene Graves was referred to The Covington County Hospital Wound Healing Center, she had multiple diabetic ulcers on her left foot. When she first visited the wound center, Ms. Graves had difficulty walking and participating in her normal routine. She was fearful of the pain she would experience as a
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Avera Queen of Peace Hospital Wound Care & Hyperbaric Treatment Center Patient Champion: William Oakley William “Bill” Oakley, 67, a long-time resident of Mitchell, S.D., came to our clinic on Nov. 25, 2019 for help in healing his venous stasis ulcer. He was officially discharged from our services on Feb. 2, 2020. “I have had an open sore on my right lower leg for
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Ochsner St. Anne Hospital Wound Healing Center Patient Champion: Ralph Fremin Mr. Ralph Fremin, 72, is a Vietnam veteran and lifelong resident of Raceland, Louisiana, who retired after 30 years of offshore work with a chemical company. Mr. Fremin noticed he seemed to be having more personal health challenges, including a heart condition, diabetes and venous hypertension (high pressure in
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Our Lady of the Lake Ascension Wound Center Patient Champion: Jessie Cousin Mr. Jessie Cousin has been an electrical supervisor at an industrial plant for the past 20 years. He used to love nothing more than to come home from a long day at work and spend time with his family and play with his children. Eighteen years ago, after a major crushing injury at work damaged his veins and
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TGMC Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine heals patient's charcot foot Before Wanda Alleman was referred to TGMC Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine by Orthopedic Surgeon Meredith Warner, MD, she had spent a large portion of her adult life dealing with a condition called Charcot foot. Charcot foot causes weakening of the bones in the foot and can occur
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Mr. Wright, like most of us, has an active lifestyle. One of his favorite pastimes is fishing and being outdoors with his family. Unfortunately, after a day of wade fishing in May of 2018, he noticed that something did not seem right with his left lower leg. He was seen in the emergency room the following day, and started on outpatient IV antibiotic therapy as treatment for necrotizing
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Jayesh R. Modi MD FACS RVT CWSP Medical DirectorMidHudson Regional Hospital Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine of Westchester Medical Center Health Network Q: What was it like treating wound patients before working at the wound center? A: Prior to joining wound center I was providing wound care to my patients as a part of my vascular surgery practice. Some of these
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Hugh Christie’s diagnosis of tonsil cancer didn’t surprise the former chewing tobacco user. Nor was he surprised that side effects from the 35 radiation treatments used to cure the cancer would threaten the loss of his jawbone three years later in his dentist’s office. “I work in a nuclear facility so I know what radiation does to you,” said Christie, a 61-yearold maintenance
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