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Columnist Angelina Padilla-Tompkins talks about her first visit to the ER.

That Time I… had my first ER visit

By Angelina Padilla-Tompkins, Former Editor in Chief | October 20, 2022

You know when your parents say, “don’t wait to go to the doctor,” turns out, they’re right.   This past summer I had what felt like the beginning of a stress cold. There was a lot going on and I wasn’t getting enough sleep, so I assumed...

Tina Erickson (left) and her husband Brad Erickson hold hands. Before Tina Erickson collapsed and stopped breathing at the university’s Campus Mail Services Sept. 12, she had no prior health issues, Brad Erickson said. Now she is undergoing tests to reach a diagnosis for what caused her collapse.

NIU employee saves life of coworker, friend

By Jackie Nevarez | October 12, 2014

Gail Smith, 58, shouldn’t have been in the university’s Campus Mail Services when Tina Erickson, 53, collapsed and stopped breathing.On Sept. 12, Erickson and Smith went to lunch and returned to work at about 2 p.m. Tina Erickson is a mailing equipment...