Patient Stories

Three years ago, Christa Thesing suddenly began hallucinating and found herself unable to sleep. Her frightening symptoms baffled doctors near her home in Andover, Minnesota.[...]

By In the Loop • February 23, 2017

"Attitude is everything" is the Livezey family motto. It's printed on T-shirts and pink bracelets the family wears to honor and encourage one of their[...]

By In the Loop • February 21, 2017

It's probably safe to say that most of us don't exactly look forward to getting older. Howard Anderson is an exception. "I'm going to be[...]

By In the Loop • February 14, 2017

Sampson has a sweet, infectious smile. But it’s not the first thing most people notice about him. That’s because Sampson, a 15-year-old from Liberia, has[...]

By In the Loop • February 9, 2017

Kiarra Dixon was just six months old when she was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. Those were big words — and a big diagnosis — for[...]

By In the Loop • February 7, 2017

Hanna Hughes was a "super active" teenager and played soccer for Rochester Lourdes High School when she started having hip pain. At first, doctors suspected[...]

By In the Loop • February 2, 2017

Nick Pollino never met a stranger. In his eyes, everyone was a friend. "Nick saw only the good," Debbie Pollino says of her only child,[...]

By In the Loop • January 31, 2017

Last February, Hollis Livezey Youngner stood at the end of the National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer, cheering (and crying) as she watched many of[...]

By In the Loop • January 26, 2017

Monica Harlow looked around at the people lined up to run the 26.2 miles of the Rock and Roll Marathon in Phoenix. “Every one of[...]

By In the Loop • January 24, 2017

The Force is with young John Sanders. Though he may have had a reason to doubt that a few years ago. That's when John, a[...]

By In the Loop • January 19, 2017