Patient Stories

Audra Popp came to Mayo Clinic as a patient. But one night last month, while out for a walk, the former labor and delivery nurse[...]

By In the Loop • August 4, 2015

It was a quiet reunion over lunch. Well, then there was the photo shoot, and a couple interviews, and some media attention. Nancy McLain was[...]

By In the Loop • July 28, 2015

A trip to the waterfront in late June turned out not to be a day at the beach for J.R. Bourne of Jacksonville Beach, Florida.[...]

By In the Loop • July 21, 2015

Carlee Jo Vonderheid had her first surgery when she was eight months old. That procedure, while successful in removing an extra toe from each foot,[...]

By In the Loop • July 21, 2015

Tommy Archer is used to living life in the fast lane. The very fast lane. Tommy is a Duluth-based professional road racer whose “racing resume[...]

By In the Loop • July 16, 2015

Had this been a different time and place, Jack Snyder would have been down to two options after doctors discovered an aneurysm on his aorta:[...]

By In the Loop • July 16, 2015

Seventeen-year-old Xzaviar Aune spent his first few years in and out of the hospital, as doctors treated a host of heart problems: newborn persistent pulmonary hypertension,[...]

By In the Loop • July 9, 2015

When she was 12 years old, Shannon O'Hara told Rochester's KTTC-TV, "My life is going to mean something to someone, somewhere." That was 2011, and[...]

By In the Loop • July 7, 2015

What kind of anniversary does a 2-year-old have to celebrate? If you're Addie Sylvester, you have a transplantaversary. (Yup, that's a thing.) And Addie recently[...]

By In the Loop • June 30, 2015

When he wasn't locked in the offices of Hearsay Social, the Palo Alto, California-based social media marketing management company he helped co-found, Steve Garrity was[...]

By In the Loop • June 23, 2015