Issue 3 - Fall - Providence Washington - Providence Health & Services

{mailbag}Living LargeFormer heart transplantpatient MasinHawkins rides a bikewith a family friend.facebook.com/ProvidenceSacredHeartfacebook.com/ProvidenceHolyFamilyHospitalyoutube.com/ProvidenceSpokanetwitter.com/Providence_PHCDear Heart Beat:I thought you might be interested in a follow-up to your great story coveringevents leading up to Masin Hawkins’ heart transplant and his recovery.My family has been vacationing at Priest Lake, Idaho, with the Hawkinsfamily for 34 years. Last summer I was taking photos of all the kids swimmingand noticed Masin was having trouble because he quickly got out andsat in a chair. His mother took him back to Spokane, where he ultimatelyended up spending several weeks before receiving a heart transplant. As yourarticle documented, it was a roller-coaster ride. But the family kept reportingthat, with the caring, compassionate, outstanding professional expertiseof the hospital staff, their prayers were being answered.So, for our family and theirs, this year’s family get-together was a timefor celebration. Once again, I was taking pictures, and got this one of Masingiving my 7-year-old grandson a ride on a bicycle with a ride-along attachment.He is once again a healthy, happy teenager, ready to move on with hislife. And all thanks to the staff at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center—and the family who made possible the gift of a healthy heart.—Darolyn Q., Mercer Island, Wash.TAke A Polldo you know cpr?Studies show that 70 percent of peoplefeel helpless in a cardiac emergencybecause they are unsure how to performCPR. How about you? If you witnesseda person having a cardiac emergency,what would be your response?A) I’m ready and willing to do CPR and feelconfident of my skills!B) It’s been a long time since I’ve had training,but I think I would give it a try.C) I wouldn’t have the first clue what to do,so I would just call 911.Tell us your response onlineat phc.org/heartbeat. Andturn to page 24 to read theaccount of a doctor whoselife was saved when someone immediatelyadministered CPR.100+The number of people who had a bone density screening in responseto “These Bones Are Made for Walking” in the previous issue of HeartBeat. You can have a bone density screening, too, and learn your riskfor osteoporosis. Screenings at the Sacred Heart Women’s HealthCenter are just $15. Call for an appointment: 509-474-2400.Want to receiveHeart Beat via email?It’s easy. Just email heartbeat@providence.org with “e-magazinesign-up” as your subject line.Fall 2012 Heart Beat ● 5