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Home > Posts Tagged "brain aneurysm"
  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/survivors-around-the-globe/survivors-around-the-globe-andrew-davie/

    Survivors Around the Globe – Andrew Davie

    I was about to take a flight to visit family, when I fell on the jetway. Thankfully, I didn’t board the plane and first responders were able to tend to me before I was taken to the hospital. I had had a ruptured brain aneurysm and subarachnoid hemorrhage. I was in the hospital for about […]

    Posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2021
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    Survivor shares story of hope to raise awareness of brain aneurysms

    Since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2013, Debbie Dunn can’t believe the number of people, even locally, who stand as survivors with her. But there is so much to be learned about brain aneurysms that she spearheaded her own support group known as the Joe Niekro Foundation Support Group of Rome, which has about 12 […]

    Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2016
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/aneurysms/jnf-working-to-elevate-brain-aneurysm-awareness/

    JNF Working to Elevate Brain Aneurysm Awareness

    September is Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month and to help provide insight as well as spread awareness of this condition, The Joe Niekro Foundation™ is sharing daily facts about the brain and brain aneurysms, helpful tips for brain aneurysm survivors, as well as other important information through their social media channels which include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, […]

    Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/aneurysms/16-in-sixteen/

    16 in Sixteen

    PLEASE PLEDGE YOUR 16! We have all felt alone. That moment where we would give anything to know someone else who has walked the same path. That person who can give us the strength to make it to the other side. When we face our greatest challenge we should not be alone! There are currently […]

    Posted on Thursday, February 25, 2016
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  • https://www.joeniekrofoundation.com/aneurysms/the-world-as-we-see-it/

    The World as We See it

    by: Kimberly Chapman – Brain Aneurysm Survivor Dear World, It happens time and time again, a voice echoes loudly within our heads reminding us we are not like you and the outside world views us as different or difficult.  There is no one course of action that a survivor “should take” or a specific way […]

    Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2016
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