House Of Hair this weekend...
Heads up Boneheads, The Labor Day Weekend edition of House of Hair with Dee Snider promises to be rockin’ with music from Maiden, Metallica, Dio, Scorps, Def Lep, Two from Crue, Slayer, Warrant, Priest, Sabbath, Faster Pussycat, and more! It’s a 3 hour party every Saturday night starting at 10, brought to you by S.W. Music Source LLC on Z-95 The Bone!
And We're Down To 2.....
OK, two bands that help define Classic Rock will butt heads Friday night in the Haffy’s Sports Bar & Grill Summer Rock & Rumble - The Eagles vs. Lynyrd Skynyrd! This will be one for the ages brought to you by Smokin’ Aces Bar & Grill. Tune in at 7 this Friday Night and enjoy one of our last two competitions. Remember to vote for you favorite on our Facebook page for the opportunity to win a Boneheads T-shirt from Southeast Signs & Graphics. After our final battle next week, one lucky Bonehead will take home the EcoxGear Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker from Academy Sports & Outdoors. Tune in and turn it up this Friday night at 7 for Skynyrd vs. The Eagles on the Haffy’s Sports Bar & Grill Summer Rock & Rumble on The Bone.
Only 3 More Rumbles To Go!
Hey Boneheads, we only have three more weeks left in the Haffy’s Sports Bar & Grill Summer Rock & Rumble with Deep Purple taking on Rainbow on August 28th, brought to you by Ken’s Comic Man, followed by Lynyrd Skynyrd vs. the Eagles on September 4th, brought to you by Smokin’ Aces Bar & Grill, then, we wrap things up with Ozzy vs. Metallica on September 11th, brought to you by Haffy’s. We hope you are enjoying these live music matchups as much as we are. Besides your Bonehead t-shirts by Southeast Signs & Graphics, we are giving away a Eco-Gear EcoBoulder Max Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker from Academy Sports & Outdoors.
Poplar Bluff Local Katy Ormsby's St. Jude Story
November 14, 2012 at 16 years old I was diagnosed with B-Cell Lymphoma by Dr. Jones here in Poplar Bluff. He immediately called St. Jude’s and within an hour of being diagnosed an Oncologist from St. Jude’s called my mom to reassure her I was going to get the best care.
November 17, 2012, I walked into St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital for the first time.
We are excited to support St. Jude Children Hospital this year's River Radio St. Jude Radiothon! Join us in celebrating and supporting the lifesaving work St. Jude is doing! Become a Partner in Hope today, it's only $20 a month. Call 1-800-330-9727 and help the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
November 14, 2012 at 16 years old I was diagnosed with B-Cell Lymphoma by Dr. Jones here in Poplar Bluff. He immediately called St. Jude’s and within an hour of being diagnosed an Oncologist from St. Jude’s called my mom to reassure her I was going to get the best care.
November 17, 2012, I walked into St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital for the first time. The very first person we met reassured my whole family that I was in the best hands and would be well taken care of. She wasn’t even a doctor or nurse; she was a receptionist that had to check us in. But that one person gave us so much hope that I would be ok.
After further testing at St. Jude’s they discovered my condition was a little more serious than we thought. I had tumors all over my organs and my airway was partially blocked. St. Jude’s doesn’t just give you one doctor and one nurse, they give you an entire team. I had multiple oncologist and nurses working together to determine the best course of treatment for me. After a few days of contemplating it they decided I would undergo 5 intensive rounds on Chemotherapy. They also told me I wouldn’t be able to return home or back to school until my treatment was completed. It was my junior year of high school I was determine to make it back for my prom!
After the first round of chemo they discovered all my tumors shrunk by 50% But we still had a long road ahead of us. St. Jude’s gave us an apartment to stay in through my treatment, they had a school program to I wouldn’t fall behind, then the best part was they had a prom I was able to attend on campus. When I got bored, they always found things to for me to do, thing like painting my finger nails or even shoot my nurses with nerf guns. My team always made sure my spirits were up so I was strong enough to fight through chemo.
March 13th, 2013 after 5 intensive rounds of chemo, 2 major surgeries, and countless minor procedures I was cancer free! I was set to go home and return back to my friends at school. This story doesn’t even begin to tell you the things St. Jude’s did for me. This year I am grateful to say they keep adding to the list.
Once a patient at St. Jude’s they follow you for life. I will return for yearly check ups until I’m 27 year. The best part of my story starts here. After getting married to my best friend in May of 2018 we discovered due to chemo scarring I was unable to conceive a child naturally. At my check up for 2018 St. Jude’s was informed and started immediately running test on me. Little did I know that St. Jude’s started a fertility clinic in 2016. After a day of test and many doctors talking about it, St. Jude’s decided they would pay for OVER HALF of my IVF treatment. I am the oldest and first St. Jude patient that was ready to use the harvested eggs. I am now 24 years old and 7 months pregnant with the first St. Jude’s baby!
Jessa Louise Ormsby will make her grand appearance in August and will always know what a wonderful place St. Jude’s is. I love my St. Jude’s family, not only did they save my life but they helped create my daughter’s life. I pray my child never has to go through the treatment I did but I am at peace knowing there’s a place like St. Jude’s if she ever needs it.
Things St. Jude’s paid for (Everything)
Housing
Fuel
Groceries
Prom Dress
Limo to Prom
Nail Polish
Anything I needed all I had to do was ask. If they couldn’t find it they found someone that could!
Poplar Bluff Local Dustin Cook's St. Jude Story
I am nearly 11 years cancer-free, and man, does that feel good to say. My journey with St. Jude started May 19, 2009. Up until that point I was just your average 12-year-old kid. I loved reading, playing video games, and spending time with family. I enjoyed school and made straight A’s. I honestly don’t remember when things began to change, but I believe it was near the beginning of 2009.
We are excited to support St. Jude Children Hospital this year's River Radio St. Jude Radiothon! Join us in celebrating and supporting the lifesaving work St. Jude is doing! Become a Partner in Hope today, it's only $20 a month. Call 1-800-330-9727 and help the kids at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
My Story
Dustin Cook, BSRS, RT (MR)
I am nearly 11 years cancer-free, and man, does that feel good to say. My journey with St. Jude started May 19, 2009. Up until that point I was just your average 12-year-old kid. I loved reading, playing video games, and spending time with family. I enjoyed school and made straight A’s. I honestly don’t remember when things began to change, but I believe it was near the beginning of 2009. I began to be very fatigued and slept all the time. I was moody, began to lose my appetite, and started losing weight. And the worst part of all was the headaches. The mind-numbing headaches were so bad I couldn’t think straight. They were so intense they’d make me vomit, and eventually my grades began to drop. When the symptoms began to get worse, we went to see my doctor. As a child I routinely got sinus infections, and this seemed to be a severe bout of that. When the medication for that didn’t help and the headaches got worse, we next sought help from my eye doctor to see if my prescription had changed. They discovered my prescription had not changed, but I did have raised pressure on my optic nerve. That was a red flag so the next day we saw an eye specialist. His findings blindsided us. He plainly told us that I had one of two conditions. The first was pseudotumorcerebri, which literally just means fake brain tumor, it’s a condition that mimics the symptoms of a brain tumor that is treated with simple medications. The only other option was that I had a brain tumor. Obviously, that news hit us like a freight train. There was no way that could have been true, right? We clung to the hope that it wasn’t. The next day I had an MRI and we went to see my pediatrician to hear the results. That day was May 19, 2009. I knew something was wrong the moment we walked in. They separated my parents and myself into different rooms. After some time, the door opened and my mom, dad, and pediatrician walked in. They all had red, puffy eyes filled with tears, and I knew the bad news was coming. It was then that she told me the news that would change my life forever. I had a massive, softball-sized brain tumor. It was so shocking I honestly didn’t know what to think. All I did was look at my parents and tell them, “I’m going to be ok, God’s got this.”
We had no idea how right I was. That night we traveled to LeBonhuer in Memphis and I had my surgery on May 21, 2009. The surgery was quite risky and my parents were told not to expect the same kid waking up. Side effects could include memory loss, paralysis, impaired motor functions, and so much more. However, my surgery went much better than expected, and I suffered no side effects whatsoever. It was a miracle. Our miracle. Unfortunately, that was not the end of the story, as pathology of the tumor came back and confirmed the worst. The big “C” word. It was cancer. Anaplastic Ependymoma Grade III to be exact. And that is what led us to St. Jude.
It’s such an amazing place. So amazing, my words can’t do it justice. Once we were there, my doctors decided that the best route of treatment for me would be 7 weeks of radiation therapy. Radiation therapy can be fairly harsh and I was told to expect side effects such as nausea, vomiting, weight loss, fatigue, possible stunted growth, and hair loss. Yet again, I performed much better than expected. I don’t remember ever getting sick to my stomach once. To combat fatigue, I was told to drink Mountain Dew to get some caffeine in me. I was apparently not very fatigued, to the point I couldn’t sleep at night and they eventually had to cut my caffeine intake. I also grew more and gained more that summer than ever before. The only side effect I ever really noticed was patchy hair loss from where the beams of radiation entered my head. Next thing you know, I finished my treatments without a hitch and went back to my normal life. Cancer-free.
To this day I still go back for periodic check-ups. I’m proud to say I am a survivor, thanks to St. Jude. The 11th anniversary of the day we found out will be in just a couple weeks. And my how things have changed in that amount of time. I’ve grown up. I graduated high school. I graduated college with an associate degree. Since the last time I’ve been on air I graduated with my first bachelor’s degree, and I’m currently pursuing another.
And here’s the thing. St. Jude has been so impactful and instrumental in my life that it has influenced my career choice. I love St. Jude so much that I’ve decided to someday return, not as a patient, but as an employee. I can think of no better way of giving back to the place that helped save my life, than going back to help save the lives of future patients. The first Bachelor’s I obtained was in X-Ray, CT, and MRI, and I’m currently studying to also be a Radiation Therapist. As a Radiologic Technologist, I can be a vital piece of the cancer treatment process by providing doctors with diagnoses as well as tracking treatment progress, as well as monitor patients well after treatment. And as a Radiation Therapist I can also be the vital piece of the puzzle that directly treats patients. It is my life’s goal and greatest dream to help save lives at the very place that saved mine, and with those who helped save it.
I have been a student at Arkansas State University for about 5 years now, studying Radiology. One important aspect of the educational program is the clinical component. I have had the honor and privilege of being able to experience clinical education at St. Jude. I have already had the great honor of seeing St. Jude from the other side and I can confirm it is just as amazing. It truly is a world-class facility. During my time in the MRI/CT program at A-State I attended clinicals at St. Jude and it was fascinating and surreal. I was taking MRIs and CTs of patients on the same machines I have been imaged in. I was setting up patients on the same tables that I’ve laid on myself all these years. And all while sitting next to some of the same technologists that have run these scans on me. It was amazing. And I was not only honored to have the privilege there, but also in the Radiation Therapy department. I was treating patients in the exact room I received my radiation treatments in 11 years ago! All while doing it with some of the very Radiation Therapists that treated me! I cannot tell you how amazing it was to work among the very MRI and CT Technologists and Radiation Therapists that inspired me to go into the field. It’s truly been an indescribable experience. I will graduate in August and I patiently wait for the day I can accept a job offer there. And all of this thanks to St. Jude.
Curbside Meal Service
Poplar Bluff Schools, in partnership with Chartwells, will provide a Curbside Meal Service with free ‘grab and go’ meals for all children in need under 18 years old during our wellness break at the following locations:
Poplar Bluff Schools, in partnership with Chartwells, will provide a Curbside Meal Service with free ‘grab and go’ meals for all children in need under 18 years old during our wellness break at the following locations:
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