The Stories

"...the equivalent to the stage his heart cells were in when he was just born."

A 24-year-old student, 36-year-old mother of healthy twins and 33-year-old landscaper all have a from of bacterial infection that is eating their flesh.

"...she told them she was not going to give them the raw milk and to get the Hell off her property."

"To the strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, all-American male, red meat is a strong, traditional, macho, bicep-flexing, all-American food."

"We can't just assume that what we have for adults works for children."

"... it's an error to confine someone in the criminal justice system for a public health crime."

"The smile on her face ... was just a wonderful thing to see."

My faith, my family, and my friends are the three things that have gotten me where I am today

"did a tap dance on it and got it killed."

"I tell her not to worry, I tell her to concentrate on breathing, I ask her to pray and meditate on healing."

“Even if accurate, it’s a ruinous diagnosis. No one is sympathetic to the mother of a psychopath.”

"I really need to be your child’s physician, and it’s really important that I have a rapport with him or her."

"Let's hope we never have to go back to court with this child."

“We need to make sure there is a culture in which others feel safe coming forward."

"...anyone who meets Christian falls in love with him pretty quickly."

"As long as something can land on it, it can transmit the virus."

"Said to be both a stamina-enhancer and medical panacea..."

"If we can grow a heart, a lung or a trachea in a lab, we don’t need to wait for donors."

"That happens sometimes. It’s not unusual"

"Don't take no for an answer"

"I can’t go down to Texas and overturn this law, but I can donate..."