Tune Up Tuesday by Sally Lippert How do you handle life when you get an infection or injury? Do you run to the doctor? Or do you Google your symptoms? I have learned first hand about keeping the immune system in check. My husband received a heart transplant almost 19 years ago after his heart failed due to a rare birth defect. The transplanted organ looks like a foreign body to the immune system causing an immediate inflammatory response. … [Read more...] about Being Married to a Heart Transplant Recipient (Preventing Inflammatory Response)
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The Nurse Is In! An Introduction to Sally
By Sally Lippert Who are you? How many identities do you have? Most of us women have multiple identities--and we aren't talking "the many faces of Eve" or Sybil. We are daughters, sisters, mothers, wives and friends. But many of us also have a professional identity. My primary identity has always been as a nurse. Remember the Candy Stripers? I was one! I loved it so much that I decided to become a real, live nurse. I … [Read more...] about The Nurse Is In! An Introduction to Sally