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Patient Stories

A voice in the darkness: How a nurse formed a special bond with a family in anguish

During the hardest times, help can sometimes come from a simple phone call.

Patient Stories

Caring for caregivers

When a Massachusetts mom needed a hand, fast, a big-hearted stranger was there

Patient Stories

He had surgery, and everything went wrong - except for one special connection

A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts nurse case manager guided a Shrewsbury man through life-threatening complications this year, in what he describes as a vital partnership.

Patient Stories

Taylor Carol, the boy who lived

Taylor Carol didn’t stand a chance. Diagnosed with a rare form of childhood leukemia at the age of 10, doctors gave him just two weeks to live. Yet the little boy and his parents refused to give up.

Patient Stories

Glennon Doyle shares how she became a "Warrior"

Glennon Doyle is brutally honest. She’s also thoughtful, smart and sweetly funny. So when this best-selling author talks about addiction, mental illness, racism or raising children in a world gone amok, it’s no surprise that people take notice.

Patient Stories

Tatyana McFadden's journey from orphan to world champion

Few athletes have achieved as much glory as Tatyana McFadden. She was the first to win four major marathons in a single year, the first to win six gold medals at the World Championships and is a five-time racing world-record holder. But life wasn’t always so golden.

Patient Stories

A Boston Marathon runner shares a special bond with a young cancer survivor

It takes about 55,000 steps to complete the Boston Marathon, and with every step she takes in the Marathon, runner Susan Langlois will be thinking of a vivacious 12-year-old named Abby.

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