Items Tagged ‘heart failure’
May 9, 2019
Special Delivery: Florida EMT Helps Transport New Heart for Uncle
By In the Loop 
Teddy Ross, an emergency medical technician, had just driven a heart by ambulance to Mayo Clinic when he realized that the heart was for his uncle, who was there awaiting a transplant.
Tags: Dr. Rohan Goswami, heart failure, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic in Florida
January 31, 2019
Transplant Patient’s Mother Becomes Mayo Volunteer
By In the Loop
Kim Van Roekel is no stranger to Mayo Clinic. She’s spent more than a year in Rochester awaiting a heart transplant for her daughter, Becca, and volunteering her time at her home away from home.
Tags: dextrocardia with situs inversus, heart failure, heart transplant, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Sisters Crossing Gift Shop, volunteer
January 17, 2019
Hospice Team Goes ‘Above and Beyond’ To Help Patient Attend Family Wedding
By In the Loop
When Glenn Zell’s Mayo hospice team learned that one of his goals was to attend his grandson’s wedding, they went out of their way to make sure it happened.
Tags: Emily Black, heart failure, Mayo Clinic Hospice Program, Mayo Clinic in Rochester
September 19, 2017
Pneumonia Foils Patient’s Ironman Dreams (for Now)
By In the Loop
Kari Turkowski’s bid to compete in her first Ironman competition since being diagnosed with stage 2 heart failure was cut short, but her determination remains.
Tags: heart failure, Ironman triathlon, pneumonia
May 23, 2017
Heart Failure Not Enough to Alter Young Athlete’s Ironman Dreams
By In the Loop
Because Kari Turkowski has been an athlete her entire life, the fact that she’ll compete in an Ironman this fall isn’t surprising — until you realize she’ll do so despite a diagnosis of heart failure.
Tags: cardiac ablation, heart failure, Mayo Clinic Rochester
January 24, 2017
From Heart Failure to the Finish Line
By In the Loop
Monica Harlow looked around at the people lined up to run the 26.2 miles of the Rock and Roll Marathon in Phoenix. “Every one of these runners has a story,” she thought. “Everyone is here for a reason.” Perhaps none more so than Monica herself. Nine years ago, Monica could run only a short distance […]
Tags: atrial septal defect, Cardiac Surgery, Heart Disease, heart failure
October 11, 2016
He Couldn’t Travel to His Daughter’s Wedding, So Mayo Brought It to Him
By In the Loop
Brooke Skahill’s wedding was a month away when her father, Scott Falline, was hospitalized with heart failure at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus. He needed a transplant, and he wouldn’t make it out of intensive care in time to walk his daughter down the aisle. “It was devastating,” Brooke tells us. “My wedding was a day […]
May 5, 2016
Heart Failure Won’t Keep Him From Starting Line at VAD 5K
By In the Loop
When faced with a challenge, Steve Nuttall’s typical response is, “Bring it on.” Born with transposition of the great arteries, Steve says he’s “been a fighter all my life.” He’s had to be. The serious heart condition has required numerous surgeries over the years. “They told me I’d be lucky to make it to 18, […]
Tags: heart failure, heart transplant, Transposition of the Great Arteries, ventricular assist device
August 27, 2015
Hope for Healing Aria’s Broken Heart
By In the Loop
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 heart?” Noah, age 3, and Tristan, age 5, ask their sister’s doctors. “They know Aria is really sick,” says mom, Tara Grams. It’s all still hard for Tara and her […]
Tags: dilated cardiomyopathy, ECMO, heart failure, restrictive cardiomyopathy