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Grateful Patient Spotlight: Anna and Mike OlsonWhen Anna Olson experienced complications after surgery for an incarcerated bowel in a hernia, the future was uncertain. Anna and her husband, Mike, didn’t know what the next chapter of their more than 35-year love story would be. They didn’t know w...
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Husband and Wife Each Receive Lung Cancer DiagnosisFor many cancer patients, a cancer diagnosis is completely unexpected. This was the case for Joplin, Missouri, couple Phil and Linda Cannon. Even more unexpected was the fact that both of them were diagnosed with lung cancer. "We never smoked,” says...
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Husband, Father Celebrates Each Day After Brain Tumor TreatmentChance was diagnosed with a challenging and somewhat unpredictable disease, known as malignant glioma. Learn about his story from diagnosis, to treatment, to his ongoing journey.
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From Stroke to Recovery in 90 MinutesWhen Greg Batson was in Kansas City for work, his wife recognized the signs of stroke over the phone. With the help of strangers and his family, Greg was able to get to The University of Kansas Health System.
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Acting FAST Saved Rachael Ferguson Twice in Single DayOn a sunny Monday morning in December 2018, Rachael Ferguson kissed her husband as she left their home in Cameron, Missouri. She dropped their 3-year-old son at daycare and drove to St. Joseph, Missouri, where she worked full-time at her parents' bu...
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Second Opinion Saves Vision – and LifeWhen she was about 6 months pregnant with her second child, Amanda McRae began having vision problems. She told her obstetrician about them, and her physician said it was likely related to her pregnancy. Because your body experiences a lot of change...
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Surrogacy after Cancer: One Couple's StoryPediatricians Manjusha and Philip Abrahm met during medical school and married in 2012. He was a third-year resident at the University of Kansas School of Medicine. She was in her first year. By 2015, the Abrahams began to talk more seriously about...
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Kidney Transplant Leads to Triumph Over TragedyCathy Robertson is a fighter. Just ask her husband, friends or any of her 5 children and 32 grandchildren and great-grandchildren. When the fight was for her life, the close-knit Wichita family learned the depth of this strength. In July 2014, at ag...
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Brain Tumor Patient PrevailsFor several years, Deborah Williams dealt with bouts of severe double vision, crossed eyes and weak muscles. She sought relief from the symptoms she believed were due to myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disease that is seldom life-thre...
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Overcoming Infertility with ICSIWorking as a dietitian who counsels pregnant women and new mothers, Dayane Parker was reminded daily of her and her husband's struggle to have a baby. After trying to get pregnant for 16 months and having testing, the Parkers learned they were unabl...