Patient Stories

Once upon a time, "happily ever after" wasn't a phrase associated with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, or HLHS. For many years, parents were simply advised[...]

By In the Loop • November 15, 2016

It’s been called a harp, a Mississippi saxophone, and (Cory’s favorite) a tin sandwich. And lately, the harmonica has been getting called something else: good[...]

By In the Loop • November 10, 2016

Lewis Lipnick thought his music playing days were over. The principal contrabassoonist for the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing[...]

By In the Loop • November 8, 2016

Stefani and Trevan Thompson's wedding reception was like many others. There was the couple's first dance and the traditional father-daughter dance, which featured a cut-in[...]

By In the Loop • November 3, 2016

Dick Garbisch recently hit a milestone that not many do: his 100th birthday. (He celebrated, naturally, by buying himself a new car, which he drives,[...]

By In the Loop • November 3, 2016

Eighteen months ago, Caitlin and Brian Veitz went to the doctor for a routine 20-week ultrasound that would end up changing their lives, and the[...]

By In the Loop • October 27, 2016

Valentine's Day 2009 was a memorable one for Karen Daggett. But not because of a romantic dinner or thoughtful gift. Instead, that particular day stands[...]

By In the Loop • October 25, 2016

Randy Herlein was 51 when he traveled from his home in western Michigan to Rochester to receive treatment for a rare form of bone cancer.[...]

By In the Loop • October 18, 2016

It was 1942, and 11-year-old Eldon Miller and his brother had a job to do: shoot the rats in the corn crib on the family[...]

By In the Loop • October 18, 2016

Jessica Nelson doesn’t remember much about the automobile accident that nearly took her life on July 8, 2014. But she does remember one of the[...]

By In the Loop • October 13, 2016