by Communications | Sep 28, 2017 | Profiles
Born in 1991, Tristan Piombi traveled the world with his parents and took his first dip in the ocean on island of Crete when he was just 7 months old. But after receiving the recommended MMR (Measles Mumps Rubella) vaccines, his fever spiked to 104 and he forgot many words he had learned earlier. After his mother, Andrea, took him to specialists, Tristan was diagnosed with autism at age 3.
by Communications | Sep 22, 2017 | Profiles
When photographer Alicia Harrell started to feel excruciating hip pain in November 2016, she did what most people would do: She sought advice from her primary care physician, who recommended physical therapy. “I couldn’t even walk, so how could I do physical therapy?”...
by Communications | Sep 14, 2017 | Profiles
Frank Lanza, 87, had enjoyed decades of good health when his car was rear-ended at a stop sign in December 2016. “I walked away but my car was destroyed,” he said. Frank suffered serious whiplash and developed severe arthritis, at one point losing the use of his left...
by Communications | Sep 14, 2017 | Profiles
At age 16, Tessa Joy Davis was a star on her high school water polo team and a shining light in the lives of her family and friends. In December 2013, she told her mother, Letitia, about a pain in her chest and the next day an x-ray revealed a mass between Tessa’s...
