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September 2013 Meet Barbara Giancola arb is 4th of six children and is mar- ried to Joe who is a dermatologist that B specializes in skin cancer. They have The Pulse nineteen year old twins, Maddie and Nick; of The Neighborhood Christian Clinic Maddie attends SMU in Texas and Nick attends Northwestern in Chicago. Twins RESTORING HEALTH & RESTORING LIVES • SEPTEMBER 2013 seem to run in Barb’s family as she has aunts that are twins, sisters that are twins, a sister who had twins and a brother who had A Tale of Two Mouths twins – imagine that family reunion!! by Paul Lorentsen, Medical Director Barb and Joe are originally from St. n a beautiful Saturday morning a few Louis and met in days ago, I was enjoying a bowl of gra- high school. Both nola at breakfast with friends. My attended under- O pleasant day quickly turned sour when graduate school a molar snapped, sending pain shooting into my at Creighton jaw. I briefly broke into a cold sweat, then gath- University in ered myself, and did what most anyone else Omaha. He attend- with insurance would do; I called my dentist. ed medical school Although he was out of town at a conference, he at the University quickly called back, and assured me that I would of Missouri in be seen promptly on Monday morning at his Columbia while office. At the appointment, the news wasn’t Barb went to dental school at the University good. A root canal may allow me to save the of Missouri in Kansas City. They moved to tooth, and an appointment was quickly made for the following day at a specialist’s office. Upon Phoenix in 1990 the day after their honey- further evaluation after the root canal, I was told that the tooth was beyond repair, and that an moon on a day when the temperature was 122 extraction with a bone graft would be required. With each phone call to these offices, I was greet- degrees. They worship at The Casa which is ed by a pleasant receptionist who was eager to set an appointment for me as soon as possible, and the Catholic church on the campus of the I had the option to choose from multiple appointment slots. I was in minimal pain, waited for the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale. upcoming extraction, and avoided granola. Barb was drawn to the Clinic because of My experience brought to my recollection a patient I had seen at the clinic. When I asked if the patients, her desire to care for the poor she had any dental problems, she pulled up her upper lip and pushed on her gums, expressing and because of her love for God. She even profuse thick yellow discharge. This amount of disease had been smoldering for years. She was volunteers from time to time at the dental blessed to be seen in our dental clinic, and required multiple extractions and dentures. Most oth- clinic of St. Vincent de Paul. Outside of the ers are less fortunate. Many of my patients are reluctant to open their mouths for an oral exam, Clinic, she works for Maricopa County’s embarrassed by multiple broken teeth barely protruding from their gums, with deep black cavi- Office of Oral Health. ties in the remaining teeth. I often wonder how long the pain lingered from each untreated dental A little about Barb personally; she loves abscess before the tooth finally yielded to decay and simply fell out. Some patients have resorted to run, read, play tennis and travel. She to seeking care in private homes, where dentists from Mexico spend a weekend providing mar- once ran the New York City marathon and ginal treatment to as many cash paying patients as possible in a non-sterile because her brother works for the Vatican, setting. Others drive across the border seeking low cost care, or pay exorbi- she even had a personal greeting with Pope tant fees to be seen in the emergency department only to receive antibiotics, John Paul II during one of her trips to Italy. pain medication, and a referral to a dentist that they can’t afford to see. Barb thoroughly enjoys working at the It’s hard for me to accept this disparity in care, and I wonder at times why Clinic and appreciates being able to pray with my mouth receives such excellent care, while many of God’s children must patients. She recalls praying with one patient suffer without such care. Pray with me that God will provide resources to in particular during one of her first days here offer comfort and healing to those who present to our clinic with dental pain. and being impressed at how meaningful that time was to this elderly woman. Barb recalls Current Clinic Stats that the patient was clutching her hand very Patient Turn hard and was deeply touched by the “connec- Visits Volunteers Hours Aways tion” in prayer that was made. When asked further about this moment, Barb responded May 879 102 769.3 334 “that’s what it’s all about; people needing and June 763 90 722.2 81 helping people for the love of God and just July 793 98 868.0 58 being friends. Come say “hi” to Barb! Clinic Forum Meet Memo and Sebastian. he Clinic has two very dear volunteers, Guillermo who is affectionately known by us T as Memo, and his 12 year old son, Sebastian who faithfully accompanies his father to the Clinic. Their relationship with the Clinic began in 2002 as patients when the Clinic still operated in our old building. One day, as Memo was sitting in the waiting room of that first building he noticed problems with the AC window units. As a second generation air condi- tioning professional, he noticed they were not operating effectively and freezing up. After his appointment, he volunteered to clean and service the units and then maintain them ongoing. Thus began his volunteering for the Clinic which has now lasted nearly 12 years. Since that time, Memo has contributed enumerable hours for various projects, not the least of which was installing a much needed climate control system in the Clinic’s IT and Telecom room when it began to overheat from the equipment. At a later point, when metal prices spiked and vandals began stealing copper and other metal from the AC units of the current Clinic location, Memo and his wife built an iron cage around the units with access gates that locked. More recently, in April of this year, the AC in the Clinic’s waiting room stopped cool- ing. Memo and Sebastian worked tirelessly to replace the valves and hoses to resolve the issues. In addition to the special projects, Memo maintains and services the Clinic’s AC he Neighborhood Christian Clinic is units; frequently you will see Memo and son walking through Clinic checking filters, etc. T pleased to announce that Alan Sears will Guillermo Jr. and Sebastian have been learning the family trade and when old enough, be our guest speaker at the next Clinic they intend to carry on Memo’s legacy that began with Memo’s father. Along with the Forum on Saturday evening October 12. Alan technical and practical skills of AC repair, Memo is intent on instilling in his sons the serves as president, CEO, and general counsel importance of giving back to their community and often you will see the entire family at of Alliance Defending Freedom. the Clinic for various “projects” or service calls. ADF is an international, faith-based legal In addition to his service to TNCC, Memo also maintains (free of charge) AC units for ministry that advocates for religious liberties, two churches, neither of which is the one he attends. Memo believes his volunteering has the sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage. matured his faith and he believes God blesses He leads the strategy, training, funding, and him when he blesses others. This past May, litigation efforts that have resulted in various Memo’s family was to be evicted but unex- roles in 38 victories at the U.S. Supreme pectedly, without known reason, the lender Court and wins in eight of every 10 cases changed its decision and allowed Memo’s ADF has litigated to conclusion. family to stay! It is continuously amazing and He has worked for the Department of such a blessing to witness so many people Justice, served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney coming together in God’s name to use their working at one point as Chief of the Criminal skills and expertise to be a part of the great Section. In 1993, Alan left his very successful work God is accomplishing here. It is also legal career to found ADF along with Dr. amazing to experience how God impacts James Dobson, Dr. Bill Bright, Larry Burkett, their lives. Dr. James Kennedy, and Marlin Maddoux. Alan has had numerous media appear- ances including television and radio interviews Used Cars: Have a used car? Want to donate For Those Who Have Not and features on The Today Show, Nightline, it to the Clinic? Give us a call at 602 254-0445 Volunteered In A While... CNN, Fox News, C-SPAN, The O’Reilly or e-mail [email protected]. We will ...come check out the fresh, new look of the Factor, Oprah, and The Lou Dobbs Show. arrange for pick up and handle all the paper Clinic. We have been able to replace the He has co-authored several books, including work.
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