<?php
$standalone = false;
if (!defined('ABEMS_ACCESS')) {
    require_once __DIR__ . '/../../config/config.php';
    $standalone = abems_standalone_begin([
        'config_path' => __DIR__ . '/../../config/config.php',
        'title'       => 'Story 02 — Dialysis Three Times a Week | A Believers EMS',
        'description' => 'How A Believers EMS handles standing dialysis transport schedules for Houston patients, anonymized from real customer feedback.',
        'header_img'  => 'case-studies/case-2.jpg',
        'heading'     => 'Three times a week. <em class="display">Two years.</em> One family.',
        'intro'       => 'Story 02 — the discipline of recurring transport, the kind of work patients say they "couldn\'t live without."',
        'breadcrumb'  => [['Service Stories', 'case-studies.php'], ['Story 02', null]],
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?>
<section class="section bg-cream">
    <div class="container container-md">
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            <span class="eyebrow">Service Story · 02</span>
            <h2>Three times a week. Two years. One family.</h2>
            <p class="lead" style="margin-inline:auto;">
                A composite drawn from typical recurring dialysis schedules A Believers EMS runs every week.
                Names removed; the cadence and the kindness are real.
            </p>
        </div>

        <div class="js-image-reveal" style="aspect-ratio: 16/9; overflow:hidden; border-radius:var(--radius-lg); margin-bottom:var(--s-12);">
            <img src="<?= e(img('case-studies/case-2.jpg')) ?>" alt="Service story" loading="lazy">
        </div>

        <div class="js-reveal" style="max-width:760px;margin:0 auto;color:var(--fg-soft);font-size:var(--fs-md);line-height:var(--lh-loose);">
            <h4 style="font-family:var(--ff-display);font-size:var(--fs-2xl);margin-bottom:var(--s-3);color:var(--fg);">The schedule</h4>
            <p>A husband called to set up dialysis transport for his wife — Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, every week. Pick up at home, drop at the dialysis center, wait through the treatment, bring her home. For two years straight.</p>

            <h4 style="font-family:var(--ff-display);font-size:var(--fs-2xl);margin:var(--s-10) 0 var(--s-3);color:var(--fg);">The rhythm</h4>
            <p>Same crew. Same arrival window. Same chairlift method. Same handoff with the nurse at the dialysis center. Same gentle help back into the house at the end of the day. The kind of consistency that makes recurring medical treatment livable.</p>

            <p>The family later left a review describing the crew as their <em>"Tuesday-Thursday-Saturday family."</em></p>

            <h4 style="font-family:var(--ff-display);font-size:var(--fs-2xl);margin:var(--s-10) 0 var(--s-3);color:var(--fg);">Why it matters</h4>
            <p>Standing schedules are the backbone of non-emergency medical transport. They only work if the company shows up every time. A Believers has been doing exactly that for two decades — and we structure pricing, billing and crew rotation to make standing schedules predictable for both families and facilities.</p>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>
<?php abems_standalone_end($standalone); ?>
