A new mother is home with her baby thanks to five Blessing Hospital nurses, who have been recognized as “Sepsis Heroes.”

When a newborn was born with a cleft palate, Blessing Health providers jumped into action.

A minimally invasive lung procedure performed at Blessing Hospital, called BLVR, has given a 70-year-old grandmother her life back.

Carolyn Boester of Winchester, Illinois, cried when she learned she had diabetes. Through her family history of the disease on her dad’s side she has seen the toll it can take, including amputations. Diabetes is the eighth leading cause of death in the United States.

Cherie Graupman began suffering with stomach related health problems in 1989. Her condition reached a terrifying point one day in July 2011.

Julie Eftink was not supposed to get this disease. She ate right, exercised regularly, felt strong and had no family history of the illness. Her genetic tests showed no abnormalities that lead to the condition, and the statistics said she was a bit too young for it.

Steve Rush has a soft spot in his heart for his hunting dogs. He says he'll likely own a dog until his last days. That “last day” nearly flashed before Steve’s eyes sooner than he expected. It was the summer of 2022 when family history of heart disease caught up with him.

For most of her life, Tracy Fuqua failed one particular eye examination each time she went to the optometrist’s office. It’s called the Stereo Fly Test. Using the image of a house fly, the test measures the ability of both eyes to see the same object as one image, a measure of a person’s depth perception. 

Jessica Dalheim was tired of seeing rainbows.