https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8RhMNOvHNY&list=PL_fFbgGe88MrISnwyZw63R7WkFuPP1NAz&index=2 39-year-old Kira Johnson was a remarkable person. She could speak five languages, had raced cars, possessed a pilot’s license and even skydived as a hobby. She shared this active...

At the peak of her nursing career, Dana Stinson was permanently disabled by a disastrous surgery and the doctor's subsequent attempt to cover up her mistakes. Now, Dana will...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjLvnWYfnzA&list=PL_fFbgGe88MrISnwyZw63R7WkFuPP1NAz&index=31 When Daniela was diagnosed with the flu at an urgent care appointment in a trusted Kaiser hospital, her parents could never have imagined that an ambulance would be rushing...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybPO2HIfhiQ Around their Fresno neighborhood, Daphne McClendon-Ricks was known to all the kids simply as “Mom.” She was the shoulder to lean on, the unbreakable woman who salved wounds and...

Debra Watkins specializes in communications. She believes in helping others and has devoted herself to building coalitions to help the homeless and veterans. When her brother was diagnosed with...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wfVoEqLLo&list=PL_fFbgGe88MrISnwyZw63R7WkFuPP1NAz&index=4 Demi Dominguez was just about to graduate from Cal State Bakersfield with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology.  Her plan was to go to graduate school to continue her studies in...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR3s3tNA_Ww In 2007, Diane Stewart received two knee replacements because of injuries she sustained in a car crash when she was younger. After the operation, she complained of severe abdominal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwnnhnID1NE&list=PL_fFbgGe88MrISnwyZw63R7WkFuPP1NAz&index=19 After forty years of marriage, Don and Jill Stegman had it all—two beautiful children, a stable relationship, fulfilling careers. But a blood cancer led Don to a bone marrow...

He was a father of two with a new RN certification.  But without warning, Doug Shelby found himself in a medical emergency.  Late one night in December 2006, Shelby was...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs_LynP25RQ&list=PL_fFbgGe88MrISnwyZw63R7WkFuPP1NAz&index=27 Elizabeth Brown was not a typical teenager. An exceptional student, she left home at fifteen to start college early. She made the dean’s list and even earned an opportunity to study abroad at Oxford University.  She was also a talented musician. She played piano and guitar, and...