Leukemia survivor after COVID-19 recovery: ‘There’s always something to fight for’
Mary Hernandez didn’t realize how sick she was when she came to the MD Anderson Emergency Center on March 30. The 41-year-old was still reeling from the chronic lymphocytic leukemia diagnosis she’d received just a month earlier from Jan Burger, M.D., Ph.D.
Then, she discovered she had COVID-19-related pneumonia, a respiratory infection caused by the novel coronavirus.
“I don’t think I really took it all in,” she says. “I...
Despite COVID-19 pandemic, MD Anderson Cancer Network enables patient to continue clinical trial
Like many people, Suzanne Damann has had to curtail her activities due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Social distancing and...
4 COVID-19 myths
Last updated Oct. 13, 2020
Have you heard the one about how the coronavirus (COVID-19) isn’t nearly as bad as catching the flu? How...
Despite COVID-19, survivor gets to ring the bell with his family
Over the course of their 33-year marriage, Jack ("Pat") and Cindy Chamberlain have faced many challenges. Jack lost his job right after they tied the knot, and within a month, Cindy lost her job, too. Their daughter was born eight weeks prematurely in 1989, and they were told initially that she probably wouldn’t survive. Three weeks later, the baby was discharged from the NICU and sent home with her parents.
“It’s kind...
Surgeon’s kids’ digitized cards spread hope during COVID-19 pandemic
Mara Antonoff, M.D.’s children have been hand-delivering encouragement to her patients regularly, ever since the cardiothoracic surgeon joined...