Strength through grief: The personal journey leading one Valley woman back to the hospital
Leigha Wolf becomes nurse at Banner Gateway Medical Center.
and last updated 2021-02-27 12:43:33-05
Twenty-two-year-old Leigha Wolf remembers walking through the doors of Banner Gateway Medical Center in Gilbert when she was 16 years old.
With her high school anatomy homework in hand, she sat on the side of a hospital bed where nurses cared for her mother, who was just diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer. All through my life, she was my number one supporter, my cheerleader, said Wolf.
Her nearly two-year, hard-fought battle ended in hospice care in 2016. She passed the week Leigha turned 18 years old.