Patient Stories

  One of the first things doctors told Jackson Lindquist’s parents when he was born with a complex congenital heart defect was that it shouldn’t[...]

Here at In the Loop, we often cover stories making headlines, adding our own spin and some thoughts from those making news. Since Stephanie Bennett,[...]

Last July, Jennifer Gutman told Toledo, Ohio’s 13 ABC Action News that the day doctors diagnosed her unborn son, Lucas, with hypoplastic left heart syndrome,[...]

When her doctor sat Nikki Thompson down and told her she had myelodysplastic syndrome, the diagnosis was equal parts relief and fear. Relief, because it[...]

Amber Kohnhorst loves animals and adventure. The trip she'd planned to Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah promised both. She'd spend time volunteering at the[...]

On May 5, 2016, Carlos Martin del Campo found himself in Rochester, Minnesota. Some might say that Rochester is an unlikely place to celebrate Cinco[...]

In her 2014 book, "In the Body of the World," author, playwright and activist Eve Ensler writes that the first time she spoke to Mayo[...]

In his 12 short years, Anthony Bardwell touched almost everyone he met. Often quite literally. "He'd walk into a room and give high-fives, knuckles and[...]

Jolinda Conzemius has known for years that at some point, she'd need a kidney transplant. "I've known this was my fate since I was about[...]

It's not often a nap-related article sneaks past us. We feel a little bad, however, that we didn't see a Lifehacker article on weekend napping[...]