The average person might feel some concern about how they look and feel in the morning. They might be a…
Colleen Steele
Colleen Steele was born and raised in New Jersey and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Immaculata University in 1994. She lived in Washington State for 20 years with her husband and two sons. Her oldest child was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension when he was 8. At 14, he received a heart and double-lung transplant. Colleen returned to New Jersey in 2023 after her loving husband of almost 28 years passed away. Colleen’s love for writing, experience advocating for her son, and determination to spread PH awareness inspired her to become a columnist and forum moderator for Pulmonary Hypertension News in 2019. In her column, “Life as a Caregiver,” Colleen is open and honest about caring for her son, his PH experiences, and life post-transplant. Her ambition is to educate and inspire others facing similar challenges and encourage them, through her column, to share their journey. If you are a caregiver and would like to be interviewed, contact Colleen at [email protected].
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Articles by Colleen Steele
Do you need to hear a happy and uplifting human interest story? Here is one about the day my son…
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an incurable, life-threatening disease. This reality is a gaping wound that patients and loved ones try…
Second in a series. Read part one. Grief and guilt are not easy to express or explain. It has…
First in a series. Many pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients and caregivers experience survivor’s guilt. During my son’s battle with PH…
It is said that good things come to those who wait. But when you are waiting for a loved one…
Over the past decade, my son and our family have been through an intense journey from pulmonary hypertension (PH) to…