“My husband, Mark, was diagnosed with a high urgency hernia,” says Joey Kay Wooler. “The local hospital where we were living was not equipped to perform the surgery, and we knew of a highly recommended doctor back in Colorado. Because of that, we decided to use our SkyMed plan to fly back to the United […]
“I was diagnosed with breast cancer in December,” states SkyMed Member Laurie Sperling. “And after a scan of my lungs, another potential issue was detected.” After several different options failed to determine the pathology, Laurie and her partner, Lawrence White, soon discovered that an actual lung biopsy surgery was required in February. She chose to […]
“SkyMed played a critical role in my care, arranging my transport from San Miguel, Mexico to Albuquerque, New Mexico,” shares Barbara Luboff. “I truly believe their assistance saved my life.” Doctors at the local hospital had identified “something” on Barbara’s CT scan and were preparing to perform surgery to remove part of her colon. Fortunately, […]
Darlene Hale shares, “We were riding horseback in St. Ignatius, Montana, when my husband, Bruce, fell backwards as he was dismounting.” Bruce had grown up riding horses, so he was not a stranger to being around them. Unfortunately, he sustained a neck injury when he fell and had to have emergency surgery in Missoula, MT […]
“I never expected the unexpected. I was on an adventure in Alaska aboard my BMW motorcycle with a sidecar rig. An unfortunate accident occurred. I sustained very bad injuries that required an immediate paramedic response. I was transported by ground ambulance to the Fairbanks hospital. I contacted my wife Gini and she contacted SkyMed. After […]
“After 60 days of travel just outside of Twin Falls, ID, I experienced a motorcycle accident,” recalls Burt Hamm. “I was riding from Vancouver, WA to Fruita, CO on my 2001 Honda Gold Wing with a trailer and had just turned off the highway toward Twin Falls, Idaho when the bike went one way, and […]
