Patient Stories

After Christine Graf was unable to save a co-worker who suffered a heart attack, she was determined to help others. So she donated a kidney[...]

By In the Loop • February 20, 2018

Lily Wilson was diagnosed with cancer when she was 15 months old. In the years since, she's heard stories about the friends, family and even[...]

By In the Loop • February 15, 2018

Murphy Stidham thought she was simply walking into her regular weekly appointment at Mayo Clinic’s Ambulatory Infusion Center in Florida. Instead, she walked into a[...]

By In the Loop • February 15, 2018

Over a decade ago, Shirley Brill was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a progressive lung disease that was taking her breath away. An organ donor’s[...]

By In the Loop • February 13, 2018

The genetic heart condition that Kaci Arjes was born with was threatening to end her high school basketball playing career … until she and her[...]

By In the Loop • February 13, 2018

Logan Luft was just 15 when he died in an ATV accident. His family donated his organs, and by chance (with a little help from[...]

By In the Loop • February 8, 2018

Nicole Ver Kuilen spent last fall biking, swimming and running 1,500 miles to raise awareness about the unmet needs of amputees, and says she was[...]

By In the Loop • February 6, 2018

When 12-year-old Sullivan McGuire came to Mayo Clinic in January for a four-month checkup, he wasn’t expecting to leave with two tickets to this year’s[...]

By In the Loop • February 1, 2018

A medical condition forced longtime Philadelphia newscaster Lisa Thomas-Laury to leave the job she loved. A trip to Mayo Clinic led to a diagnosis and[...]

By In the Loop • February 1, 2018

Katie and Allie Buryk lived with strange symptoms for years before learning they had Tay-Sachs disease. Now, the young women are devoted to raising awareness[...]

By In the Loop • January 30, 2018