Rare antibody requires specialized care for pregnant mother Aspects Volume 38 No. 3 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Image Caption: McKenzie Sargent and her fourth child, Bryar, 5 months, who had the same life-threatening complications at birth as his older sister. Braylee, 3, Carter, 8, and Shaylon, 11, play in the background. At only 10 days old, Braylee Sargent underwent a blood exchange transfusion, replacing approximately 80 percent of her blood volume in order to save her life. "It was a very long 10 days in a hospital room away from our other two children at home

Rare antibody requires specialized care for pregnant mother Aspects Volume 38 No. 3 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Image Caption: McKenzie Sargent and her fourth child, Bryar, 5 months, who had the same life-threatening complications at birth as his older sister. Braylee, 3, Carter, 8, and Shaylon, 11, play in the background. At only 10 days old, Braylee Sargent underwent a blood exchange transfusion, replacing approximately 80 percent of her blood volume in order to save her life. "It was a very long 10 days in a hospital room away from our other two children at home

Unique mobile app offers burn survivors help toward healing Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Kari Elliott was only five miles from her parents’ home in Macomb when the accident occurred. “I don’t remember the crash, but I will never forget the pain,” says Kari Elliott. The October 2014 accident engulfed her car in flames upon impact. Elliott survived a long list of injuries, multiple surgeries, including skin grafts for second and third degree burns, and a lengthy hospital stay. Elliott was in St. Francis Hospital in Peoria for a month and then

Unique mobile app offers burn survivors help toward healing Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson Kari Elliott was only five miles from her parents’ home in Macomb when the accident occurred. “I don’t remember the crash, but I will never forget the pain,” says Kari Elliott. The October 2014 accident engulfed her car in flames upon impact. Elliott survived a long list of injuries, multiple surgeries, including skin grafts for second and third degree burns, and a lengthy hospital stay. Elliott was in St. Francis Hospital in Peoria for a month and then

Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson "The doctor told my parents that it was unlikely that I'd live through the night." Thereasa Abrams, PhD, LCSW, was only 6 years old. It was a hot July day, and Teri and two of her siblings planned to fight boredom by melting a crayon in the small fire her brother had made in the open-faced charcoal grill. As the youngest of four siblings, Teri had the duty of sneaking into the house and past her mother who was tending to her oldest sister and grab the "evidence" unseen. Mission accomplished, she clutched a green

Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Written by Rebecca Budde • Photography by Jason Johnson "The doctor told my parents that it was unlikely that I'd live through the night." Thereasa Abrams, PhD, LCSW, was only 6 years old. It was a hot July day, and Teri and two of her siblings planned to fight boredom by melting a crayon in the small fire her brother had made in the open-faced charcoal grill. As the youngest of four siblings, Teri had the duty of sneaking into the house and past her mother who was tending to her oldest sister and grab the "evidence" unseen. Mission accomplished, she clutched a green

Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Photography by Jason Johnson Top: Across from the Simmons Cancer Institute, the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation houses the SIU School of Medicine J. Roland Folse, MD, Skills Center on the fourth floor as well as a simulation center on the third floor. These centers incorporate aspects emergency medicine, an operating room and back to home therapy. Middle: Emergency medicine residents walk from Memorial Hospital to the MCLI before a day of training in the simulation center. Bottom, Left to Right: • Jason Kegg, MD, emergency medicine physician and director of

Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Photography by Jason Johnson Top: Across from the Simmons Cancer Institute, the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation houses the SIU School of Medicine J. Roland Folse, MD, Skills Center on the fourth floor as well as a simulation center on the third floor. These centers incorporate aspects emergency medicine, an operating room and back to home therapy. Middle: Emergency medicine residents walk from Memorial Hospital to the MCLI before a day of training in the simulation center. Bottom, Left to Right: • Jason Kegg, MD, emergency medicine physician and director of

The Center for Rural Health and Social Service Development Brings New Vitality to the Region Aspects Volume 38 No. 4 Written by Karen Carlson • Photography by Jason Johnson In 2009, Dean Dorsey added "service to the community" to the mission statement. Those four words weren't just an afterthought: Years of planning have lead to a thriving Office of Community Health and Service, led by Associate Dean David Steward, MD, MPH, former chair of Internal Medicine. "This office has helped solidify SIU as a leader in the community," Dr. Steward says. The Office of Community Health and Service, or

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