Hear Our Cry

About the Book

Hear Our Cry is about a twenty-year journey of this physician through the world of wounds, amputations, and limb salvage, always trying to serve and show compassion. This book has been a dream, wanting to tell the story of wounds and amputation and how they can be treated and healed. The idea started when confronted with the horror and desperate grief of amputation. It seemed to be a hidden problem, not easily seen or understood by others, something that was happening behind closed doors. Most of the people lived in nursing homes or hospice, not seen outside the rooms they lived in. It is Hear Our Cry, because the people living this horror are crying out, begging to be heard.

About the Author

Dr. Aletha W. Tippett, MD received her BS in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri in 1975 and her MD from the University of Cincinnati in 1997. Dr. Tippett has done wound care for 20 years and has treated over 15,000 wounds. Her main areas of focus in wound care are limb salvage and pressure ulcer prevention and treatment and she brings a bio-engineering approach to these. She has been honored with numerous awards in the healthcare community and is a published author and international speaker and teacher on wound care topics. She was president of the Hope of Healing Foundation, dedicated to limb salvage and novel wound therapies. She is a member of the International Biotherapy Society and is an active “biotherapist”, using maggots and leeches in her wound care practice. Dr. Tippett is also active in hospice and is a certified hospice medical director . Dr. Tippett got her degree in chemical engineering from the University of Missouri, worked for five years as an engineer, then left work to stay home and raise her three daughters. Later in life, inspired by Dr. Albert Schweitzer, she went to medical school and became a family physician and wound specialist. This book is the odyssey of her twenty years in medicine and wound care.