I think people in the pulmonary hypertension (PH) community tend to apologize too much. We are so good at it,…
Articles by Colleen Steele
Parents sometimes joke that they wish their child came with an instruction manual. If there were a manual for kids,…
Dr. Sean Wyman, a respected advocate and loved member of the pulmonary hypertension community (PH), passed away in 2018…
The Walt Disney character Mary Poppins is practically perfect in every way. The film of the same name, based…
Some say that you can never go home again. I find that such a sad notion, and I recently convinced…
“The surgery went well, with no complications, and the new heart and lungs are functioning beautifully.” Aug. 7 marks the…
I will turn 50 in October, and I have ignored worsening symptoms alerting me to a possible health concern for…
I have read that the heart is the hardest working muscle. If you’ve ever seen an echocardiogram of a heart…
I recently dreamed that I was walking toward a hospital room to visit my son, Cullen. A doctor stopped and…
Stress was familiar to me long before my son Cullen was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Bruce Springsteen sings…
Throughout my son Cullen’s pulmonary hypertension and heart-lung transplant journey, it has been my impression that hospitals try to…
Nurses are remarkable people. My respect for them has grown significantly throughout my son’s pulmonary hypertension (PH) and transplant journey.