Veteran s spouse fighting for benefits after township denial
VFW, former lawmaker backs spouse s rights to denied benefits
and last updated 2021-04-23 00:09:58-04
GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. â
The Backstory
Toni Veldman met her husband Steve when they were both working at a restaurant. Shortly beforehand, Steve had returned home from Vietnam after serving as a military policeman in the Air Force.
The two married in 1977, having two daughters together.
It was much later in life that Steve learned he had been exposed to Agent Orange as a boots-on-the-ground airman. He was told during a doctor s visit that he would be entitled to benefits, due to the fact that he had developed lung cancer. He also struggled with a heart condition, with either condition possibly being attributed to the Agent Orange exposure.
Celebrating the gift of lifeâone woman s life saved by organ donation
and last updated 2021-04-16 23:20:27-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â April is National Donate Life Month, and one woman who has received the gift of life three times is urging others to save others lives in need of transplants.
One day Katy Rozman was your average 7-year-old, and the next her doctors said she might not make it to her next birthday.
â.it wasn t until one morning getting ready in my parents were getting ready to leave for school and my parents kitchen I had a stroke,â says Rozman. âAnd the entire left side of my face went numb as well as my hands and I was drooling.â
Care team reduces obstacles for senior citizens to receive COVID vaccine
At-home care workers are helping with vaccination scheduling.
and last updated 2021-04-01 23:02:29-04
MUSKEGON, Mich. â As vaccine expansion continues to include younger people, some senior citizens continue to wait for the vaccine.
For those who have at-home care and are not residents in nursing homes, scheduling vaccines has been a task that have fallen on the nurses shoulders.
LifeCircles cares for roughly 300 seniors in Muskegon, Ottawa and Allegan counties with at-home care. Before the pandemic, the seniors would get bused into one of the two facilities in Muskegon or Holland to receive daily care in some cases. They would then return home to independently care for themselves or with the help of a caregiver.
Two children hospitalized after drinking excess milk, causing severe iron deficiency
Helen Devos Children s Hospital admitted both children this week
and last updated 2021-03-16 22:38:02-04
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â A local doctor is warning parents that too much cow s milk for toddlers can be dangerous.
Just this week, Helen Devos Children s Hospital has admitted two young pediatric patients for severe iron deficiency, caused by too much milk intake.
Dr. Deanna Mitchell, a pediatric oncologist and hematologist at Helen Devos, treated both patients. In at least one of these cases, doctors were concerned about stroke, and the child required a blood transfusion.
Parents at Forest Hills at odds over diversity, inclusion education
and last updated 2021-03-16 00:50:43-04
ADA, Mich. â A group of students and parents are at odds over how Forest Hills Public Schools should handle diversity and inclusion education. Parents at Monday s school board meeting proposed a resolution to change the existing curriculum.
The current curriculum specifically designed for diversity, inclusion, and equity education is called Global Learners Initiative, also known as GLI. It has been around for about a decade.
On Monday afternoon, it became clear through an email that some parents opposed the curriculum and would propose changes at the upcoming school board meeting and asking for support. In part, the email read, It would be awesome if you just Zoom in tomorrow night for our Forest Hills Public Schools Board meeting where a faction of conservative parents are presenting a resolution to our drastic Critical Race Theory and Transgender policies in our d