Our Patients
The best way to meet our community is through our patients. At the National Brain Aneurysm Center, specializing in neurovascular care means saving lives and preserving quality of life. Read their inspirational stories, and you’ll see how we strive to provide our patients with the highest quality in care. Here are a few of their stories. As they recount their experiences in facing some of the most dangerous conditions of the brain, you’ll gain insight into our doctors’ unfailing commitment to our patients’ successful recoveries.
Patient Documentaries
Lift!
Lift! is a documentary film featuring the story of Cindy Eidem, a real patient at St. Joseph's Hospital and the National Brain Aneurysm Center.
Cindy's unusually severe headache had happened once before, the previous November. Treated as a migraine, the headache had gone away, and Cindy was able to continue with daily activities. But one Sunday in mid-February, 2008, the headache was back, and worse than before. She never guessed how serious her situation was.
Read Cindy's story and watch the movie trailer at www.watchlift.com.
Courage Girl
For Barbara Ladd McNamara, Sunday, July 29, 2007, started out as a typical summer day. But that evening, during dinner, she had what she describes as a "lightning bolt" in her head. When she collapsed, her son insisted on calling 911.
Though she doesn’t remember much after that, Barb will never forget the encouragement from one Paramedic as she felt herself slipping away. "You're not going there tonight, you're staying here. I'm right here, and you're staying with me," he told her.
