Last spring, Josh went to the emergency room with an extremely high heart rate and atrial fibrillation. They found a pulmonary embolism in his left lung, and he was admitted to the hospital…
Last fall, 74-year-old Jim Dines was feeling great. He was exercising, playing golf, and getting better acquainted with Lubbock, Texas. One day as he was hitting golf balls, he noticed he felt weaker and his swing was off…
Ruby McCormick’s healthcare journey began more than a year ago when she was diagnosed with diverticulitis, causing severe abdominal pain, fever, and nausea. Despite returning home from the hospital on antibiotics, she unfortunately did not improve.
Leona Spruiell and her husband have always been very active. Married for thirteen years, they enjoy reading and going on cruises (their favorite was an Alaskan cruise with Charles Stanley. The couple has also been very involved at their church, First Church of the Nazarene in Abernathy, where Leona played the piano.
Leona had been playing the piano the day their new pastor was installed at the church. She recalls that after playing, she fell when walking off the platform, hitting her head and breaking her glasses. After the service, Leona went to Lubbock Heart & Surgical Hospital to get checked out. She underwent a CT scan and was discharged with no concerns.
A few days later, Leona fell again, this time on her patio. Her pastor came by to help her up. Though her knee hurt, Leona recalls feeling fine otherwise. But after a few more days, Leona fell once more at church. Again, her pastor came to her rescue, but Leona didn’t feel the need to seek medical attention.
Prone to sleepwalking, Leona tripped over her shoe just days before Christmas. Still, her only complaint was some pain in her knee. Then, Leona and her husband each fell while in their backyard, tripping on a hole.
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April 30, 2022, was a life-changing day for Travis Smith. Travis lived independently and worked in the oil field for a casing company.
Travis loved working in West Texas with a crazy schedule. He liked the unpredictable hours he worked and that he followed in his dad’s and granddad’s footsteps working in the oil field. Travis enjoys working hard, handing out with his friends, and has always loved music. In high school, he played the cornet in the marching band.
That fateful day, Travis was on a casing job outside of Jal, New Mexico. It was about 2:30 am, and he was up on a derrick when his speech turned to gibberish, his balance was off, and his arm wasn’t functioning. He collapsed on the platform, unconscious.
Travis had a stroke.
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