Stories of Hope & Healing
Our Summer 2011 issue is packed with intriguing stories of hope and healing, featuring patients who have recovered and rejoiced in marital bliss.
A snowboarding accident broke his C5 & C6 vertebrae, resulting in quadriplegia. Mike DeYoung, a former Center for Rehabilitation Medicine patient, recently wed Kristen Richardson DeYoung, who works at the Center as an RN. Read their story of "The Knight & His Bride".
A passion for college basketball got the ball rolling to “l do” for our "Double Teaming Cancer" story from our Cancer Center. Cindy wed Allen Farrington just three months after undergoing surgery and Gamma Knife treatment for two brain tumors.
Jaimee Jessop can hold up her head, feed herself and is learning to walk -- again -- precious milestones every parent awaits. But Jaimee’s first steps are nothing short of a miracle for the Jessops, who found her unconscious and in full cardiac arrest when she was just 3 years old.
Renaissance women strived for voluptuous figures—a sign of perfection. At 5’1” and 250 pounds, Kimberly Fouche was an ideal beauty for that era. “Now I'm busy, but I have more energy because I lost 70 pounds in about five months.”
Read her story from the Center for Weight Loss Surgery.
Our final story is how one women with the help of the the newest and most precise technology in knee surgery returned to her treasured walks with with her dog. Download the full Summer 2011 HealthSpeak issue.
Giving $1.1 million to Support Our Community
When in need, we often reach out to our family for help. To be a part of someone’s support system is heartening and rewarding. That’s why during the past 10 years, Northridge Hospital Medical Center has reached out to fortify our community support by awarding more than $1.1 million in community grants to 64 nonprofit groups. Northridge Hospital proudly awarded six grants, this year, totaling $151,760. The grants are evaluated on their alignment with Northridge Hospital’s goals to improve the health of our community.
Congratulations to the following organizations that will use these funds to provide the underserved families in our area with access to necessary services.
- Valley Family Center – The “Domestic Violence Program” offers counseling, support groups and case management for victims and those witnessing domestic violence.
- Sustainable Economic Enterprises of Los Angeles – This program will continue providing needed nutritional education to parents of students in the LAUSD District 1 schools that participate in Northridge Hospital’s School-Based Obesity and Diabetes Initiative.
- Valley Trauma Center – The grant supports and enhances the work of the Valley Trauma Center at the Valley CARES Family Justice Center to fight domestic violence.
- Enrichment Works – Targeting childhood obesity and diabetes in area schools, “Food for Thought 2: The Message Comes Home” uses theater to inspire learning and target this health epidemic.
- Los Angeles Police Foundation – The grant will expand the role of the LAPD officers based at the Valley CARES Family Justice Center in working to reduce domestic violence.
- Tarzana Treatment Centers – “Decreasing Emergency Department Dependency through Education and Assessment” will connect those in need to primary care, substance abuse and mental health treatment.
These grants allow us to reach out to families in our community and provide them access to preventative and ongoing care. What’s more, they enable us to further our pledge to improve the health and quality of life for the underserved in our community.
