Patient Stories

Supporting Our Community 

The inspiring stories from the grateful patients and caregivers at Adventist Health Glendale are a wonderful way to learn about the life-saving work happening each day at our medical center. We're excited to bring you a few of their remarkable stories. Check back regularly as we will highlight different stories throughout the year.

Harold Bringman

Bringing Blessings Through Planned Giving

Donors

Inspired donors like Harold Bringman show how accepting life’s challenges and rewards and saying yes to every opportunity create a true spirit of community.

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David and Martha Ho

A Philanthropic Master Plan

Donors

David and Martha Ho have a philanthropic master plan for promoting the welfare of others.

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Cheri Watson, RN

And just like that—an amazing 45-year career

Associates

Leading the pathway of exemplary care, we highlight just one of many of our wonderful nurses at Adventist Health Glendale. Our medical center has deep roots in education, and it is the reason Cheri Watson, Rehabilitation RN, is the longest-working…

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Mary Borjas

Powerful in pink

Patients

Mary Borjas is the epitome of beauty and strength, and yet eight months ago when she felt a lump in her breast, fear pierced straight through her. She began an incredibly challenging pursuit to find treatment for what she feared was a bullet trying to steal her life.

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Kenny Williams

Receiving whole person care

Patients

Imagine waiting at a bus stop, experiencing a shooting pain in your neck and suddenly losing all feeling in your legs. That’s what happened to Kenny Williams.

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Michael Lehman

Healing and Helping

Patients

“Whenever we tap into loving one another, to healing and helping one another, that’s where the spirit of God is. In that sense, the whole experience to me was a miracle.”

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