Testimonials

• Your health fairs tests were responsible for alerting me with a liver problem that I would've not known that I had if it were not for the health fair. Thank you so much, Heather
   
• You saved my little girl by having an iron level in the chemistry panel we found out she has hemochromatosis. Thanks Pat, from Cody, WY

• Dear Wyoming Health Fairs,
  
  We are writing this letter to say thank you for this great service that you provide to Wyoming citizens. We have gone to three health fairs now and have enjoyed them very much.
  
  This year was an especially great year to have participated. Rick has always chosen to have the PSA test done, but this year we decided to have his entire blood work done. It proved to be a blessing to us. We received a notice just a few days after the blood draw and got the results from Rick's blood. In this notice there were a couple of things highlighted. One being his calcium and the other his thyroid. There were some other things that were worth looking into also. However, we do not currently have medical insurance and therefore put off seeking medical help. We figured how bad could it be to have low calcium?
  
  Thankfully almost one month after the health fair Rick had to go to the clinic to have a physical for his job and for his medical card. He thought to grab his health fair results and took them with him. He passed his routine physical except he is a little over weight which we obviously knew. Rick asked the Dr. to look at his blood results and it was then that red flags went up to the Dr He suggested Rick have another blood test to make sure the results were accurate. Rick agreed and went straight away to the hospital lab. The Dr. told Rick he would call him the next day with the results.
  
  Rick left the clinic and carried on with his usual routine of taking his daughters to dance class and home. He felt fine. Meanwhile the Dr. had received results from the lab and the results were even worse than from the health fair. The Dr. began to frantically try to locate Rick. The Dr. called another Dr. in Billings, Montana to talk about the new results Both Drs agreed that Rick's life was in jeopardy and he needed immediate medical attention.
  
  Thank goodness for small towns. Our Dr. failed to locate Rick by phone and went out driving around to try and catch him. He found Rick just pulling into our driveway with one of our little daughters. The Dr. informed Rick that he was one sick man and needed to go with him to the hospital right now. Rick couldn't believe him. He felt fine. But after some convincing Rick did ride to the hospital with the Dr.
  
  Upon his arrival he was immediately put in a hospital gown, given chest xrays, and he started receiving an i. v of calcium. Rick's calcium levels had dropped to a 4.8 by the time all the calculations were made to get the correct numbers. We are told that Rick could have died at any moment or within very few days at that rate.
  
  After further testing and blood draws we have found out that Rick has been diagnosed with hyper parathyroid. It can be very serious. Who knew? Rick is now on thyroid medicine and calcium and magnesium which has got him back to normal.
  
  We just wanted to send a big thank you for having these health fairs They truly do save lives. We are forever grateful.
  
  Sincerely, Rick and Julie from Lovell, Wyoming

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