Press Releases for Patient Stories

1. New mom’s chronic fatigue points to leukemia diagnosis
   September 11, 2019
   Working in the film industry, Mabel Barba was used to working 18-hour days. During summer 2016, she began feeling more tired than usual and visited her physician for a checkup.
2. An annual exam caught this survivor’s cancer early
   August 21, 2019
   It was summer of 2015 when Dr. Harry McCarthy went in for an annual checkup with his general practitioner.
3. Georgia woman uses tragic incident to advocate for others
   August 20, 2019
   Meredith Forrester was just seven weeks into her new job as a marketing associate when she and numerous colleagues were shot at work – an attack known today as the Atlanta Day Trader Shootings.
4. Blood platelet donor reaches 300 donations in Atlanta
   August 12, 2019
   In 2001, Jim Arnett answered a call for local blood platelet donors to help a family friend battling cancer, his son’s middle school science teacher.
5. From scheduled foot surgery to unexpected lung surgery
   August 12, 2019
   In October of 2006, Geri Harkins and a friend decided to schedule appointments to get their bunions removed.
6. Keeping the memory of his son alive, one donation at a time
   August 12, 2019
   For ten years, David Chesnut has donated blood platelets. But his donation journey began in 2009, when his 19-year-old son, Logan, was diagnosed with AML leukemia.
7. Surviving sarcoma a day at a time
   August 12, 2019
   When Jonathan (Beau) Garrett was 26 years old, he noticed a small bump on his upper right leg.
8. Mother stays positive in her battle with breast cancer
   August 8, 2019
   Stacey Smith’s health journey started at age 36, while visiting breast care specialist Dr. Jennifer Amerson at Northside Hospital Atlanta for a breast reduction consultation, in March 2017.
9. Northside family wins $5,529 College Savings contribution in sweepstakes
   July 19, 2019
   Jessica Yonatan of Marietta was selected as the 2018 Path2College Newborn Sweepstakes winner and was awarded $5,529 for her daughter Miriam’s Path2College 529 Plan account.
10. Mom of NICU twins shares her pregnancy journey
    July 17, 2019
    Twenty-two weeks into her pregnancy, Jourdan Adams began experiencing contractions. It was early summer of 2018, and Jourdan had so far experienced a normal pregnancy with her twin boys.
11. Weight loss surgery inspires Peachtree Road Race first-timer
    July 2, 2019
    If you would have told 30-year old Nancy Sanchez a year ago that she would be running the Peachtree Road Race on July Fourth, the Fairburn mother of 3 says she would have laughed at you.
12. Miracle Baby Ryleigh Goins
    June 10, 2019
    During her first trimester, Brittany Goins was having an easy, uneventful pregnancy.
13. Breast cancer survivor on the power of positivity
    May 29, 2019
    During a regular self-exam, Jackie noticed that something didn’t feel normal in her left breast. A little over a month later, Jackie was having a physical when she explained her concern to her doctor.
14. Discovering and treating a local Atlanta man through his multiple myeloma diagnosis
    May 29, 2019
    John’s battle with cancer started when he injured his back while helping someone off the bus.
15. Local woman battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma found treatment for cancer radiation damage at Northside Hospital
    May 29, 2019
    A college student at Texas Tech and six hours from home, Jenifer found herself coping with the daunting challenge of battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at 19-years-old.