Author: Pauline Arrillaga
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UPDATE: Congresswoman’s condition stable; 8 hospitalized
TUCSON, Ariz. — Doctors said Monday that Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords brain remains swollen, but the pressure isn’t increasing — a good sign for the congresswoman’s recovery. Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael LeMole of Tucson’s University Medical Center, said Giffords’ condition is stable. “That’s why we are much more optimistic and we can breathe a collective sigh…
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Live-donor liver transplants: Back-to-back deaths in Colo., Mass. heighten concerns
PART I: Risk vs. benefit Live-donor liver transplantation is a lifesaving option for many suffering from end-stage liver disease but also a controversial procedure that raises questions about when it’s appropriate to put a healthy person at risk to save another. The procedure, in which a segment of the liver is taken from a healthy…
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PART II: Castle Rock transplant recipient struggles amid brother’s death
EDITOR’S NOTE _ After a liver transplant, Chad Arnold got a new chance at life, but at an almost unbearable cost. How could he heal from the loss of the live-tissue donor, his beloved brother Ryan? The conclusion of a two-part narrative. CASTLE ROCK — There is a movie that plays over and over in…
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Once branded a coward, Fort Carson soldier fights for PTSD victims
They call him the angry guy now. Even his friends. And at this moment, on a snowy evening when he should be home, putting his son to bed, Andrew Pogany is, in fact, ticked off. He sits with a soldier in a law office. The man has brought with him a pile of medical files,…
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Hurricane Ike sends Texans to high ground
HOUSTON • A monster-size Hurricane Ike bore down on the Texas coast late Friday, threatening to rattle the sparkling skyscrapers of America’s fourth-largest city, shut down the heart of the U.S. oil industry for days and obliterate waterfront towns flooded with waist-high water. Although nearly 1 million people evacuated coastal communities in the days leading…