Patient Stories
May 19, 2023
10 years after brain surgery, a surprising thank-you from 19,341 feet above sea level
After a frightening diagnosis, Marty Button found hope at Mayo Clinic. Ten years later, she thanked her care team from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. In 2012, Marty Button learned that she had a brain aneurysm. A local ENT doctor offered the diagnosis and arranged for her to go straight to the nearest hospital. Instead, […]
May 12, 2023
Love, a lifesaving transplant and a wedding
By In the Loop 
John and Stacy Reiser met at the perfect time. She needed his heart, and he needed her kidney. Now, they are living happily and healthily ever after. Dodge Center residents John and Stacy Reiser joke that their life is like a Hallmark movie — a classic boy meets girl, falls in love and gets married. Except in […]
April 25, 2023
By In the Loop
A special podcast episode of “Mayo Clinic Employee Experiences” to celebrate Mayo Clinic Experience Week features two Mayo staff, Curt Lewis and Molly Mathers, who discuss their experiences as Mayo Clinic patients which eventually led to them joining the Mayo team. Mayo Clinic is a unique place: the culture, the values, the people. “Mayo Clinic […]
March 10, 2023
Patient finds unique way to honor Mayo patient care assistant
By In the Loop
Though Asiya Awad and Larry Jerome come from different worlds, they developed a friendship during Larry’s hospitalization at Mayo Clinic, and he was impressed with the way she cared for him and others. And when an “extremely exceptional filly” was born on his farm, Larry knew just what he wanted to do. When a colleague […]
March 7, 2023
Couple praises colleagues who cared for their infant son – and them – before his death
By In the Loop
After Owen Armstrong was born with significant health challenges, his parents — Cathy and Bill, both Mayo Clinic staff members — discovered the true meaning of “the needs of the patient come first.” Cathy shares what that meant to her family. The day Owen Armstrong came home from the hospital, his family lined the street […]
Tags: Child LIfe Program, ComPASS Program, Dr. Rodrigo Ruano, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, NICU
February 24, 2023
Young brothers team up to bring cheer – and hope – to hospitalized kids
By In the Loop
Johnny and Joey Hamann know what it’s like for kids to be in the hospital at Christmas. Their family lived it. So last year, Johnny started a foundation to collect gifts for patients at Mayo Clinic Children’s Center. In December, the brothers distributed presents — and gave the gift of hope — five years after […]
February 14, 2023
Chemo nurse says ‘I will’ when couple asks if she’ll officiate their ‘I dos’
By In the Loop
Lorelei Hanson was one of the first nurses to care for Michael Jackson when he started chemotherapy. As Michael and his girlfriend, Molly Giehtbrock, got to know Hanson, they learned she had officiated weddings. When the couple became engaged, they asked Hanson to officiate theirs. Molly Giehtbrock and Michael Jackson didn’t need traditional wedding vows. They’ve […]
January 24, 2023
Mayo Clinic chaplain travels 500 miles to baptize special patient
By In the Loop
Mayo Clinic chaplains don’t often perform baptisms. But when Zach Lovig was asked to perform Annley Wentz’s baptism, he felt the need to say yes. Lovig had provided spiritual care for Annley and her family for 543 days. Introducing her to her faith community at home was an honor he couldn’t refuse. One sunny day […]
January 13, 2023
Leaning on her team, patient comes out stronger after double-lung transplant
By In the Loop
A year ago, Tiffany Eyrich had complications from COVID and lost a baby she never got to meet. She wasn’t sure she’d see another holiday season. But thanks to her Mayo Clinic care team, she again was able to embrace the most wonderful time of the year. After spending Christmas 2021 fighting for her life, […]
Tags: ECMO, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center, Tiffany Eyrich, transplant
January 3, 2023
Theresa Ingram broke bone after bone until Mayo physicians solved her mystery
By In the Loop
Formerly healthy, Theresa Ingram was unable to find answers to why she broke bone after bone. Then she connected with Irina Bancos, M.D., and Jamie Van Gompel, M.D., at Mayo Clinic, who identified the culprit. For years, Theresa Ingram mysteriously endured a slate of serious injuries. A slight bump sent her into the emergency room […]
Tags: Cushing disease, Dr. Irina Bancos, Dr. Jamie Van Gompel