Patient Stories

For more than five decades, Glen Campbell has been making our ears happy with songs from his more than 70 studio albums. But back in[...]

Linda Wortman shares her lung cancer survivor story with Team Draft.  For nearly two years, Linda Wortman thought she had SARS. Or TB. Or something along[...]

Paula Shaner-McDermott's voice still cracks when she talks about the day in 2010 when Vilmarie Rodriguez, M.D., walked into her son Owen's room on the Saint[...]

The oboe is an instrument with a clear and penetrating sound that sometimes rises above the rest. The same could be said of Mara Reed,[...]

Ginny Kelley with Drs. David Zapala, Larry Lundy and David Walker If there’s comfort in knowing your care team, Ginny Kelley must have felt like[...]

In 2002, a young boy named Bayasaa Bars came to Mayo Clinic from Mongolia for life-saving heart surgery. It was a bit of a miracle[...]

Black Friday took on new meaning for Jay Johnson of Owatonna, Minnesota, after what was supposed to be a routine colonoscopy in November 2012. "My[...]

It's an understatement to say that 2010 was a rough year for Mike Jirak. First, in February he had open heart surgery. Seven months later,[...]

Jodeci Buck was in first grade when her 9-month-old sister, Anela, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Jodeci was sent home to Red[...]

Long days in the hospital can be, well, long. For anyone. But when you're a soon-to-be sixth-grader, they can seem doubly so. Add to that[...]