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News
 The
2nd Annual Conference for
ARDS Survivors, Families and Caregivers The
2nd Annual Conference for ARDS Survivors, Families and
Caregivers was an overwhelming success!
Survivors, family members and health care providers
from throughout Washington, and from as far away as
Utah, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Texas and California,
joined in this informative, inspiring weekend!
Everyone felt a renewed energy--whether it was in
their work as a health care professional, or as a
survivor or family member wanting to make a difference
in the lives of others. To read more about the
conference and view pictures, go to the conference website. |
Here is a link to an interesting article
that appeared in the November 17, 2003 edition of the
Seattle Times. It's about delirium, formerly known as
"ICU Psychosis", something that many of us ARDS
patients have experienced while in the ICU. Click here
to read the article.
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Steve Yarnall, M.D., Edmonds
cardiologist and ARDS survivor, has written a book,
"Beyond Medicine", about the role that love,
prayer, humor, music, touch and pets play in the
recovery from ARDS and other illnesses.
To read more about this book and
purchase it, click here.
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On Tuesday,
May 13, 2003, KING 5 Television aired a wonderful piece on
Evening Magazine
about ARDS and the Northwest ARDS Support
Network. The fact that SARS has been in the
headlines everyday opened up an opportunity to
introduce the public to ARDS, which few people know
about, yet which is more common, and more
deadly. The story will air again several times
on KING 5, as well as on Northwest Cable News (which
airs in Oregon and Idaho, as well as throughout
Washington state). The story will also air in Spokane, in order to reach a wider Northwest
audience. To view the accompanying online story,
click here.
Kudos
to Emmy-award winning producer Mimi
Gan, who produced a wonderful story, Dr.
Ken Steinberg whose knowledge and expertise in
the field of ARDS lent authority to the piece, Ann
Cope-Sibborn who generously opened up her
beautiful home for the shoot, and all the Northwest
ARDS Support Network survivors and family members who
opened up and shared their stories in order to educate
the public about this little known but deadly disease. |
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Mike Weglin
of Tacoma has recently started up a website called ARDS
Stories and Support Center. Survivors and family
members can post their stories there as well as fill out
information he is compiling for an ARDS database. You
can access it by going to http://anvilmedia.net/assc.
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Dr.
Ken Steinberg, Dr.
Steve Yarnall, Lynn
Yarnall, Meg
Tapucol-Provo
and Tom Provo
traveled from Seattle to Salt Lake City in September,
2002 to participate in the first annual ARDS Survivors
conference, which was sponsored by Intermountain
Health Care. To read more about the conference
and view pictures, click here.
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Meg
Tapucol-Provo, Tom
Provo, Dr.
Steve Yarnall
and Lynn Yarnall
traveled to Chicago in August, 2002 to participate in the
March for Miracles sponsored by The ARDS
Foundation. To read more about the fundraiser
and view pictures, click here.
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Click here
to read an article which appeared in The Deseret News (one
of the two major Salt Lake City newspapers) on Sunday,
September 8, 2002, about the 2002 ARDS Survivors Conference.
Click
here
to read about and view pictures of the Northwest ARDS
Survivors Barbecue held on August 11, 2002! |
Click
here
to read about and view pictures of the American Lung
Association of Washington's Breathe Easy Breakfast
held on March 20, 2002! |
Meg
Tapucol-Provo is one of the volunteers
featured in the Spring 2002 issue of the American Lung
Association of Washington's "Breathing"
newsletter. Click here
to view it online. |
