Patient Stories

If 6-year-old Connor Weckworth had a superpower, it would be his will to live, according to his mom, April O'Connor. After emergency brain tumor surgery[...]

By In the Loop • September 15, 2015

It happened so fast. Mackenzie "Mick" Caron was driving a friend home from a hockey game back in January, when he lost control of his[...]

By In the Loop • September 10, 2015

Sylvia Buchanan was around 4 years old when her parents, Debra and Chris, "noticed she couldn't pick up her left foot." That discovery started the[...]

By In the Loop • September 8, 2015

Before she fell into drug addiction 20 years ago, Jayne Stout loved to sing. "I was a wedding and funeral singer," she says. "I did[...]

By In the Loop • September 1, 2015

UPDATE: Aria received a heart transplant on Sunday, Sept. 13. See the story on KAAL-TV's website or see Aria's Facebook page. "Are you going to fix Aria's broken[...]

By In the Loop • August 27, 2015

"Noah is our Superhero," Chantill Roberts says as she, her husband, Joe, and son, Noah, enjoyed a recent visit by superhero-costume-wearing window washers at the[...]

By In the Loop • August 25, 2015

Seven years ago, Laney Griner of Jacksonville, Florida, took a photo of her then-11-month-old son, Sammy, clutching a tiny fistful of sand and looking pretty[...]

By In the Loop • August 25, 2015

Most of us don’t necessarily look forward to trips to a hospital or clinic to have our blood tested. But that's life for 43-year-old Jason[...]

By In the Loop • August 20, 2015

Chris Cander came to Mayo Clinic almost a decade ago with her husband, Harris, who was in need of a kidney transplant to treat kidney[...]

By In the Loop • August 13, 2015

Two months ago, they were strangers. Today, Ashley Sullivan, Jessie Brenholt and Kylie Harer call themselves the "proton beam triplets," sharing a bond not of[...]

By In the Loop • August 6, 2015