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It’s Never Too Late to Get Help – Jennyfer’s Story

When you see multiple doctors over the years and hear the same unhelpful responses time and time again, you start to develop certain expectations any time you enter any sort of healthcare facility. Jennyfer Grisso had fallen into this rut herself, and when she was recommended to Health Services of North Texas by a friend,

Professional Care, No Matter What – HSNT Patient Story

It’s unusual for an HIV diagnosis to come from something your dentist asks you, but that’s exactly what happened to John Zier. In 2018 he set up an appointment with his dentist to take a look at some infected molars he had. In the interest of disclosure, John tells the dentist that he suspects he

A History of Healthcare – An HSNT Patient Story

Five years ago, in 2015, Jennifer Carlile and her daughter, Lily, were seeing a past provider at Health Services of North Texas for a recurring ear infection. The infection had been lasting nine months on and off, and Jennifer’s provider had a strange feeling about it, so she referred them to Cook Children’s Hospital –

Here In Your Time of Need – An HSNT Patient Story

Nobody is ever ready for a cancer diagnosis, and nobody ever wants to hear one, so when Talia Thornton did a usual check of her body and found some strange lumps on her breast, she immediately started to worry. It couldn’t be a tumor, right? But how would she know? How will she pay for

A Walking Miracle – Health Services of North Texas Patient Story

There are times where life hits you very hard, very quickly – one punch right after another. Toni McNeal experienced this herself firsthand when she suffered from a brain aneurysm in July 2019. When the aneurysm burst, she was still coherent enough to call 911 on her own, but to her the details are fuzzy

A Person, Not a Number

“Twenty years ago, I found out I was sick. I found out from a blood test I had done at a Kaiser hospital, and I was living in California at that time. It was terrifying at first. I didn’t think it was possible.”  That was the reaction of an HSNT patient when he discovered he

Brooke Daly: Patient Story

It’s a situation that many Americans are in right now: you’re out of work due to COVID-19 and you have kids to take care of, but you just don’t have the money for your medications or for a well-visit. Plus, maybe you have an auto-immune disorder that keeps you from going out too much, maybe

Worth More Than a Sparrow

Belinda Hernandez considered herself just a regular Texan – she’d been born and raised in Dallas, has a brother in Arlington, has two daughters, a boyfriend, a mom, a dad, and attends the family’s massive 400+ person reunion every few years. But in 2010, Belinda started feeling sick. Over the course of several years, she

Facing Her Fears

For some children, going in for a checkup can be a scary experience. Either the office smells funny, the doctor’s stethoscope is cold, and you really, really don’t want to get your shots. One pediatric patient, Olivia, had these same reservations when she first started seeing Joseph Hallock, one of HSNT’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. “Olivia

Closer to Care: Lisa’s Story

After 53 years of growing up in Lewisville, getting married, and raising a family, Lisa Anderson was moving away from the home she was so familiar with. A widow of 11 years, Lisa has been living with her daughter and son-in-law in Aubrey, unable to work due to a series of falls that have left

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