Kara's Courage

A Nurse's Story of Her Child's Experience with Cancer Viewed from "The Other Side of the Stretcher"

Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Health & Well Being, Health, Self Help
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Author: Kay M. Wagner RN BSN CTM ISBN: 9781463455057
Publisher: AuthorHouse Publication: February 25, 2005
Imprint: AuthorHouse Language: English
Author: Kay M. Wagner RN BSN CTM
ISBN: 9781463455057
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Publication: February 25, 2005
Imprint: AuthorHouse
Language: English

It was one day in October that a familys life would be forever changed.Some could say for the better, while others may argue for the worse.Kay Wagner, a registered nurse since 1985, spent most of her professional career in critical care settings.Her love has been in caring for patients in the specialized area of neurology/neurosurgery, those with such disorders as strokes, back and spinal cord injuries, aneurysms, and brain tumors.Never in her wildest dreams could she have imagined that such skills would be put to the test in her own personal life.Her oldest daughter Kara would be diagnosed with a brain cyst that was to be surgically treated with a shunt.Acting on her professional instincts as a nurse and more importantly on her gut instincts as a mother, she delves deeper into her daughters diagnosis and finds that Kara had not only a cyst, but a rare malignant brain tumor. Karas Courage is a heartwarming true story that will take you on a journey of uncertainty, fear, and humbleness as experienced by the author in her forever conflicting roles as a nurse and as a mother from the other side of the stretcher.

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It was one day in October that a familys life would be forever changed.Some could say for the better, while others may argue for the worse.Kay Wagner, a registered nurse since 1985, spent most of her professional career in critical care settings.Her love has been in caring for patients in the specialized area of neurology/neurosurgery, those with such disorders as strokes, back and spinal cord injuries, aneurysms, and brain tumors.Never in her wildest dreams could she have imagined that such skills would be put to the test in her own personal life.Her oldest daughter Kara would be diagnosed with a brain cyst that was to be surgically treated with a shunt.Acting on her professional instincts as a nurse and more importantly on her gut instincts as a mother, she delves deeper into her daughters diagnosis and finds that Kara had not only a cyst, but a rare malignant brain tumor. Karas Courage is a heartwarming true story that will take you on a journey of uncertainty, fear, and humbleness as experienced by the author in her forever conflicting roles as a nurse and as a mother from the other side of the stretcher.

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