How Surviving Childhood Leukemia Shaped Amanda Talley’s Future
Amanda Talley sometimes thinks about the numbers. Five: The age she was diagnosed with a fast-growing blood cancer. Three: The years she spent undergoing…
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Shelby Fights Off Aggressive, Fast-Spreading Brain Tumor at UF Health
Shelby Copas, always a natural athlete, collected several trophies throughout her childhood. Her extraordinary athleticism was especially on display in…
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‘Keep Believing’: Gainesville Cancer Survivor Shares Message of Hope
Gainesville resident Chronda Nicholas has been a breast cancer survivor long enough to have her oncologist once tell her he’d bet his own garage her cancer…
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Alecia Defeats Decades of Heart Failure With Historic Transplant at UF Health
Alecia Cosey came to, slumped over in the driver’s seat, to find her 16-year-old daughter crying and gripping the steering wheel. “Momma, are you OK?” Dayshai…
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UF Health Breathes Hope Into Eduardo After Suffering From Rare Lung Disease
Eduardo’s story begins in Puerto Rico, where he was born a healthy, full-term baby with no apparent complications. However, at just 5 months old, his health…
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Purpose Beyond a Cure: Advancing Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment
Emilie Lynch has passed the 5-year milestone that doctors consider a yardstick for being cured of Hodgkin lymphoma not once but three times. Today, she…
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Jenna’s Journey: A Lesson in Resilience and the Benefits of Patient-Centered Care
In the summer of 2021, Jenna was on the precipice of major life changes. Jenna, then 24, had recently moved from Jacksonville to Gainesville, Florida, for a…
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Amazing Grace: Paratriathlete Grace Norman’s Pursuit of Gold With Help From UF Health
Fitted for her first prosthetic leg at just 13 months old, it’s hard to fathom how many times in her life Grace Norman has put one on and taken one off. After…
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Danny's Double-Lung Transplant at UF Health
Imagine having the opportunity to save someone’s life by making a simple decision. In 2021, Danny Sams faced the harsh reality of pulmonary fibrosis, a lung…
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UF Health Congenital Heart Center expertise aids both mother, daughter
In May 2001, Morgan Humphreys turned blue. Until that point, her mother said, Morgans birth had been uneventful. After the care team took her newborn to the…
