Patient Stories

After several months and several surgical treatments at Mayo Clinic, Sampson returned with pride to the Liberian village where he had once been labeled an[...]

By In the Loop • June 15, 2017

More than 30 years ago, Andy Romaniuk took his doctor’s advice and started walking. He hasn’t stopped since, logging thousands of miles, and recently added[...]

By In the Loop • June 13, 2017

Don Scholz, M.D., supervised many resident physicians while he was on staff at Mayo Clinic. Nearly forty years later, Dr. Scholz needed treatment for a[...]

By In the Loop • June 6, 2017

When 4-year-old Sam Davidson first came to Mayo Clinic for proton beam therapy treatments, he was understandably scared. But before long, Sam was happily peddling[...]

By In the Loop • June 1, 2017

Romanian gymnast Lavinia Agache won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, but her gymnastics career was cut short by a devastating knee injury that[...]

By In the Loop • June 1, 2017

Superman recently took a break from fighting crime — and washing windows — to touch the life of one very special young cancer patient.  If[...]

By In the Loop • May 25, 2017

Because Kari Turkowski has been an athlete her entire life, the fact that she'll compete in an Ironman this fall isn't surprising — until you[...]

By In the Loop • May 23, 2017

A Mayo Clinic care team recently performed a simulated surgery on a young patient’s stuffed dog to help ease the patient's fears about his own[...]

By In the Loop • May 11, 2017

In 2015, in the midst of her fight against Henoch-Schonlein purpura, then-10-year-old BilliJo Bowman was granted a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Instead of wishing[...]

By In the Loop • May 4, 2017

By the time he'd celebrated his 18th birthday, Logan Carmick had been through the medical wringer. Born with renal hypoplasia, he had his first kidney[...]

By In the Loop • May 2, 2017