Gianna Family Care

03/10/2023

Gianna Family Care would like to invite you to the Encounter KC School of Healing Conference on 3/24 and 3/25.

Jesus’ healing ministry is at the heart of His Gospel, and he expects his disciples to continue this ministry (cf Mk 16:15-20). The Encounter School of Healing consists of five teaching sessions focused on the theological underpinning, and practical application, of partnering with the Holy Spirit to bring healing to the world around us. Healing is essential to the effective proclamation of the Gospel and has been considered one of the missing components of the New Evangelization in our current times. If you can't make it to the conference, the healing service on Saturday, 3/25 at 7 pm is open to the public. The evening will consist of a time of worship, a gospel presentation on healing, corporate prayer, and individual prayer for healing.

This summer intensive is an evening school that provides a survey of the content offered in the first 4 quarters of the Encounter School of Ministry launching RIGHT HERE in Kansas City this coming September. With two teachings each night, this quick paced, jam-packed course will educate, equip, and....

01/20/2023

Friends of Gianna Family Care, we need to hire a receptionist! Thanks to all of the support and interest in our practice, we are expanding. This has opened up a new position we are needing to fill this spring. Our current office manager, who has also taken on the role of our receptionist, will need to focus solely on the management of the business and bookkeeping, so we are hoping to find a friendly, competent new "face" for our practice. This person would greet patients and other visitors, answer phonecalls and e-mails, schedule appointments, maintain patient records and office filing, enter charges, and align with our mission: to provide quality, compassionate care to families, including obstetrical, gynecological, and reproductive care, that upholds the integrity of the patient-physician relationship and maintains the dignity of each individual and his or her relationship with God, Church, spouse, and family. Please comment or PM with any interest.

10/01/2022

The Fullness of Life Retreat is October 21-23, 2022 at Christ Peace House of Prayer in Easton, KS. The retreat is for any woman who has experienced infertility or pregnancy loss in her life. There will be Adoration, Mass, time in nature, Pietra Fitness, creative activities, delicious food, and fellowship with other women who have carried similar crosses. Please do not let cost be a deciding factor. There are scholarships available for those who need them, thanks to generous donors. Still fill out the registration form as there is space to express financial need. Please share this information and visit the Fullness of Life website for more details/registration fullnessoflifecoaching.com

Thank you!

"The focus will be on healing our image of self, especially our bodies. Often when faced with these crosses, women feel broken, and that their bodies failed them. I wanted to create a space for the Lord to show them that their bodies are capable of so many beautiful things and they are wonderfully, intentionally made." ~ Marie Justin

03/24/2020

Covid-19 Update:

Dear Gianna Family Care Members and Friends,


WE ARE REMAINING OPEN:

While this is a time of great uncertainty for each of us, our families, our community, and our world as we watch the global impact of the Coronavirus unfold and attempt to curb it here at home, please know we at Gianna Family Care are watching the situation closely and will remain focused on providing care for you while protecting the safety and health of all of our members.

Although the Kansas City Metro area will be mandating a “Stay at Home” order starting today, on Tuesday, March 24, Gianna Family Care will remain open, since, as a health care facility, we are classified as essential. We will continue to be committed to serving each of our members now, in the face of this uncertainty, and always.


THE BASICS:

We want to give you some facts about the Coronavirus and Covid-19:

The Coronavirus is a novel (new) virus never identified before, but related to other Coronaviruses, including the common cold and SARS.

It causes an illness named Covid-19.

There is a wide range in severity of symptoms noted from mild illness to severe respiratory distress requiring assisted ventilation and, sometimes, causing death.

Patients who are at risk for severe illness are the elderly and those with chronic illness (immunocompromised, diabetics, those with heart disease, and those with chronic lung disease).

The novel Coronavirus is frequently being compared to Influenza for perspective, so here are some comparisons:

The transmission rate of Coronavirus seems to be less than Influenza

Influenza: 15-30% of household contacts contract Influenza when one member has been infected

Coronavirus: 3-10% of household contacts (and 1-2% of non-household contacts) contract Coronavirus

While the transmission of Coronavirus seems to be less than Influenza, the mortality rate of Coronavirus is higher

Influenza: 0.1% of infected people

Coronavirus: 0.8% of infected people

There are typically 30 million Americans who contract Influenza annually with several thousand hospitalizations per year and 35,000 deaths in the United States per year. To date, there are 46,168 Americans who have contracted Coronavirus with 582 deaths. Worldwide, there have been 392,440 total cases of Coronavirus with 17,149 deaths with a larger proportion of deaths in people over age 65 or with chronic illnesses.

In the worst case scenario, only 15-20% of patients who contract the novel Coronavirus will require hospitalization and 5% will require care in an ICU.


COULD YOU HAVE OR SPREAD CORONAVIRUS?:

Symptoms include fever over 100.5, a dry cough, and shortness of breath. If you have these symptoms, please contact us at 913-890-2555 or info@giannafamilycare.com. Transmission seems to be from large respiratory droplets that can land 2-3 feet away when coughing and sneezing. The infected droplets can enter into the nose or mouth of another and cause that person to be infected. To prevent transmission, it is important to cover your cough or sneeze with a tissue or to cough or sneeze into your upper sleeve or elbow (not with your hands), stay at least 6 feet away from others if you are ill, wash your hands before and after you touch your face, and clean surfaces that are frequently touched (door k***s, faucets, light switches, keyboards).


WHAT IS GIANNA FAMILY CARE DOING TO HELP KEEP YOU SAFE AND HEALTHY?:

We are asking that, if you are ill with fever or cough, you, first of all, stay home and then contact us at 913-890-2555 or at info@giannafamilycare.com or contact your provider directly.

When possible, we will take care of you remotely via phone, text, or e-mail to limit your contact with healthy people.

If it is decided that you need to be evaluated in person, we will ask you to make an appointment. Instead of coming into Gianna Family Care and waiting in the waiting room, we will ask you to wait in your car and text or call us to notify us of your arrival. We will meet you at your car and ask you to wear a face mask while we es**rt you to an exam room.

As always, we will be disinfecting surfaces in the waiting room and exam rooms between patients.

Currently, testing for the Coronavirus is not available to the general public, but only for those hospitalized or for health care workers, so, if you develop symptoms of fever, cough, or shortness of breath, we will assume you have Covid-19 and ask that you treat the symptoms with Tylenol and bronchodilator inhalers at home and remain quarantined at home for 14 days. If your symptoms progress to include worsening shortness of breath (not relieved with inhalers) or unrelenting fever, we will ask you to contact us, and we will likely refer you to a local ER for testing and for possible hospitalization.


WHAT SHOULD BE OUR BIGGEST CONCERN AT THE MOMENT:

Currently, the biggest concern we have is the very real possibility of overloading the healthcare system. If 4% of our population requires hospitalization all at once over the next 2 weeks, our hospitals will not have the capacity to care for those patients. On the other hand, if 4% of our population requires hospitalization little by little over the next couple of months, we should have the resources to care for those patients in a consecutive stream. This means we should act in solidarity and practice "social distancing" and minimizing congregating to slow the spread of the novel Coronavirus.


MORE RESOURCES:

For further up-to-date information on the current Coronavirus outbreak, here are some helpful links:

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/


https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html


https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019


https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/novel-coronavirus-china


THE BIG PICTURE:

We understand it is easy to get caught up in the frantic frenzy, panic, anxiety, and hoarding that seem to be all around us. It is important, in these times, to turn to those things that are most important to us. First and foremost, it is important to remember to trust in God, as He remains in control. It is also important to value time with your family and conversations with your friends and loved ones. C.S. Lewis' words regarding living with the fear of an atomic bomb attack in the 1940's seem relevant today: "If we are all going to be destroyed by (a disease), let that (disease) find us doing sensible and human things-praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends...-not huddled together like frightened sheep and thinking about (disease). (It) may break our bodies but (it) need not dominate our minds." ("On Living in an Atomic Age," C.S. Lewis, 1948).

Please don't hesitate to reach out to us at 913-890-2555 or info@giannafamilycare.com with specific or personal concerns.

Blessings,
Dr. Pritchett, Dr. Bauer, Kressa, Janelle, and Stacy

01/18/2020

Last week, I had the privilege of presenting my profession during Career Day at St. James Academy. During the presentations, we were able to demonstrate models of in utero babies and even listen to heart tones of one of the teacher’s (Mrs. Redd’s) baby. What an honor to meet such a great group of students! Their interest, respectfulness, and insightful questions were inspiring! Thank you St. James, Mrs. Redd, and “my students” for a great experience! -Dr. P.

08/20/2019

As a business owner in Shawnee, this hits way too close to home. If you are a Shawnee resident, please consider attending the Shawnee City Council meeting on Monday, August 26, at 7 pm at Shawnee City Hall (located on the northeast corner of Nieman and Johnson Drive) to let the city council members know what you think about government officials taking away religious freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and the freedom to use our property as we deem fit.

01/31/2019

As a physician and mother who has dedicated my career and personal life to the sacredness of human life, I would like to go on record to say that there is no such medical condition that would threaten the life of a mother if she delivers a live newborn, but would spare her life if she delivers a dead newborn. No such condition exists. I am appalled that the state governor of Virginia not only supports killing babies seconds before they are delivered, but also supports killing them after they are born. What is even more disconcerting is that he is a pediatric neurologist who, presumably, took the same Hippocratic Oath I did. First early abortions, then late-term abortions, then infanticide. What next? On behalf of the medical community, I would like to apologize to any mother who has been wounded by abortion and to any baby who has been killed by abortion. Each deserved much more from the medical community. As each of those lives is sacred, each deserved compassionate, loving care that, apparently, wasn’t given. -Dr. P.

A Democratic co-sponsor of a controversial Virginia bill that would repeal restrictions on third-trimester abortions is apologizing to her constituents for supporting the legislation, saying she didn’t read the bill or know how far it went.

09/18/2018

Please get this information to the woman in your life (friend, sister, church member, or, maybe, yourself) who is trying to heal in a marriage wounded by s*x addiction or po*******hy. Gianna Family Care is happy to be able to host this workshop led by experts and intended to offer healing of betrayal trauma on September 28th and 29th.

The Restoring Emotional Wholeness Workshop is for wives who are experiencing betrayal trauma. The term 'betrayal trauma' is coined for a wife who is in a relationship with a s*xual addict or who has been betrayed by her husband's po*******hy usage and/or s*xual acting out. Remember: this is not your...

07/10/2018

Wow for the POW! I knew my colleague, Dr. Todd Bowman, is an eloquent writer, but I’ve never seen this written so beautifully before! -Dr. P.

05/28/2018

This is the perfect opportunity for anyone who desires the physical and emotional health benefits of Yoga, but has been hesitant because of the (sometimes hidden) spiritual implications:

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04/04/2018

Gianna Family Care has been able to help in this important mission, assisting women in reversing the abortion pill when they experience regrets! It is encouraging to see this option get at least some media attention!

03/28/2018

In case you were tempted to confuse Cosmo for a scientific journal, or even a reputable periodical, read this post to see how inaccurate and misleading they are when reporting about natural family planning “facts.”

Cosmopolitan Magazine recently confused effective Fertility Awareness Based Methods with the Rhythm Method. Here are the facts you need to know.