Press Releases for Patient Stories

1. In Heart Support Group, Patients Counsel Others
   November 29, 2018
   Sam and Judy Pittard work as a team to visit patients at Northside Hospital Cherokee who have been through a heart event, such as a heart attack or major surgery to treat heart disease.
2. Georgia man finds help, hope after heart scare
   October 29, 2018
   Things unraveled quickly for Sam Pittard in the summer of 2016.
3. Program helps parents after loss of a baby
   October 24, 2018
   Diana and Ken Allen's journey to parenthood wasn't easy.
4. Art in Survivorship: ‘The Most Beautiful I’ve Ever Felt’
   October 2, 2018
   Gloria Wyatt was never one to skip her yearly mammogram.
5. Healing from Cancer through Positivity and Portraits
   October 2, 2018
   After moving from Atlanta to Buffalo in fall 2015, Melissa Wieleba was just starting to settle into her new southern lifestyle. But later in November, her everyday life took a pivot from the norm.
6. 26, Pregnant, and a Cancer Diagnosis
   September 18, 2018
   Two years ago, Molly Bruce was expecting her first child. But at six months, Molly’s pregnancy became anything but typical.
7. Battling Cancer Hand in Hand, Heart in Heart
   August 13, 2018
   Born and raised in Ireland, Matthew and Eilis McLoughlin touched down in the United States just two days after saying “I do.”
8. Surviving sarcoma: a bump in the journey
   August 2, 2018
   It all started with a small, painless bump on Macgill Fruthcey’s shoulder
9. Groundbreaking clinical trial helps local woman become cancer free
   May 22, 2018
   To 50 year-old Kristen Hirst, she was the healthiest person in the world. She has been active her entire life from lifting weights to running long distances
10. Finding a Cancer “Network” of Hope
    May 18, 2018
    Suddenly, I wasn’t ‘alone’ anymore
11. Sonia Ray holds nothing back about her “bold and breastless” days when she tells her story to a room full of strangers
    May 18, 2018
    In 2011, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of stage three breast cancer and endured six different surgeries over the course of the next two years
12. McDermott Family Welcomes New Baby, Gets Surprise College Savings Contribution as Northside Hospital’s First “Tax Day Baby"
    April 18, 2018
    One Georgia Baby Born in 2018 to Win $5,529 College Savings Contribution
13. Vidalia resident and cancer patient repays doctor with hometown’s famous crop
    March 8, 2018
    "To me, it spoke volumes about who he was as a doctor, and a person."
14. Local judge chooses to fight cancer (and win) before it has a chance to start
    March 6, 2018
    “The truth is, there is never a good time to fight cancer. I chose now.”
15. Mother and melanoma survivor is tackling life after cancer
    March 6, 2018
    Is there such a thing as a normal life after beating cancer? Today, local Georgia resident Julia Norton is finding out for herself