Rockwall, Texas:After a severe health scare earlier this year, a woman from North Texas is grateful to be alive.
She has not only recovered, but she is currently assisting others with their own health issues.
Although it may sound corny, Erica Cash has a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving: her life.
She remembers waking up on her home’s floor on May 1. After her husband hurried her to Texas Health Rockwall, medical professionals discovered something concerning.
“I knew it was more than a tumor when I saw his face. She remembered, “I was bleeding in the brain.”
Cash’s brain has a tumor the size of a tennis ball, according to a CT scan and 3D imaging.
Among the medical professionals that treated Cash was Dr. Yoo Joo Hwang.
“That always makes it tough when I take care of someone that I know,” he stated.
Hwang claims that he recognized Cash. The mother and wife, 42, was employed at Texas Health Rockwall Emergency Department as a secretary.
“The next step is basically kind of stabilizing her brain by giving her medication to suppress any seizure activity,” he said.
After Cash was brought to Texas Health Dallas, medical professionals were able to remove the tumor and stop the brain hemorrhage. It took eight hours to complete the surgery. A biopsy sample was collected.
The good news for Cash when he woke up was that the tumor was not malignant. This indicates that she didn’t require radiation or chemotherapy. She is appreciative to her medical staff.
Cash claims that despite the diagnosis that would change her life, she was only thinking about one thing.
“I have to finish quickly because nursing school starts in August. Thus, that was my primary worry,” she stated.
When Cash experienced the seizure, she had recently been admitted to nursing school. She was able to enroll in and complete nursing school after three months of recuperation.
Cash is currently employed at Texas Health Rockwall, the same hospital where she received treatment, as a licensed vocational nurse.
“I’m just blessed to be able to know how my patients feel,” she stated. “I take that in with me every time I go in with a patient.”
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Reporter Alex Boyer of FOX 4 conducted interviews that provided the information in this article.
Reporter Alex Boyer of FOX 4 conducted interviews that provided the information in this article.
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