Twenty-Two-Year-Old Becomes Arizona's Latest Millionaire

At the age of only 22, Ted Myers of Glendale is Arizona's latest millionaire. As the Grand Prize #1 winner in the Spring Health & Wealth Raffle, Myers received a prize package valued at more than $1 million dollars, including a T.W. Lewis home in Goodyear, a black 2008 Mercedes ML320 CDI and $100,000.

Myers' streak of luck began when he called into radio station KEDJ FM (103.9) on his lunch break and won a $100 ticket from an on-air promotion. His mom, who has entered the Health & Wealth Raffle for years, predicted that Myers would win the grand prize as soon as she heard about the ticket.

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From St. Joseph's President, Linda Hunt

Thank you for your continued support of St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Your participation in the Health & Wealth Raffle helps our hospital tremendously. Funding from the Raffle allows us to enhance our services, offer new programs, and support a wide variety of medical research.

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Toddler Undergoes Brain Surgery
at Barrow

Amanda Anderson celebrated her second birthday in April – just six months after a life-threatening cerebral aneurysm landed her in Barrow Neurological Institute. An aneurysm is a balloon-like bulge on a blood vessel that can rupture and cause dangerous bleeding in the brain.

“The aneurysm involved very small blood vessels deep in her brain, a very unusual situation in a child so young,” said Robert Spetzler, MD, director of Barrow. “The aneurysm had ruptured, causing a life-and-death situation.”

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St. Joseph’s Opens New Unit to Treat Children with Epilepsy

Building on a long history of treating children with epilepsy, St. Joseph’s recently opened a five-bed Pediatric Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (Pediatric EMU) to care for and evaluate children who suffer from seizures. The new unit features:

• State-of-the-art medical equipment, including video-EEG monitoring equipment to diagnose seizures and evaluate epilepsy patients for surgery
• Individualized intracranial epilepsy monitoring to identify the onset of seizures
• Functional mapping to identify important brain regions for surgical planning
• Specialized staff, including highly-trained pediatric nurses, four subspecialty-trained pediatric epileptologists and child life specialists.

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Thank you from St. Joseph’s Hospital

Thank you for your help – by participating in the Health & Wealth Raffle, you’re helping St. Joseph’s Hospital, Barrow Neurological Institute and Arizona stay at the forefront of medical care. Raffle proceeds are invested in innovative medical research, education, and patient care. Together, we are making one of the nation’s finest medical institutions even better – and that’s good for us all!