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Man finds the “trip” was not as bad as he thought it would be

You never know who is going to help save your life. “My insurance agent called me and said, ‘You need to go to the doctor now. Your PSA number is off the charts.’”

How a couple changed their lives with help from the Blessing Diabetes Center

Krista and Stuart Walker have a special connection with the “in sickness and in health” wedding vow. With the help of the Blessing Diabetes Center, this wife and husband took on the seventh leading cause of death in the United States and changed their lives.

Dining Options

Dining OptionsFood and Nutrition Services and Blessing Volunteers in Partnership (BVIP) provide a variety of dining options to meet the needs of patients, visitors, and team members.Blessing HospitalCafeteria is located on the ground floor of the…

Hospice staff earns who's your angel award

Hospice staff Keaton Dierker, RN; Kai Clay, CNA; April Grattan, RN; Trista Neisen, Clinical Social Worker; Jerry Edison, Chaplain; and Nancy Dolan, Hospice Volunteer; received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from a patient’s mother, Catherine Lorenson. The Foundation Office presented the Who’s Your Angel awards on October 15.

How a woman’s “families” worked together when her heart needed care

Family means everything to Michelle Obert; that includes her nuclear family of husband John, to whom she has been married for 40 years, and seven children and five grandchildren; church family at St. Francis in Quincy and her work family of 40 years at Transitions of Western Illinois.

Kidney (Nephrology) Center

People often experience zero symptoms in the early stages of kidney disease. That is why it is so important to seek the care of a kidney specialist, or nephrologist, if you are at high risk for kidney disease. Blessing’s nephrologists monitor and…

Blessing Hospice helps unites couple one last time

Loving and caring. That’s how people who knew her describe Shirley McLaughlin. “She put everyone else before herself,” said one of Shirley’s four daughters, Kelly Sylvester.

How a nasal spray is saving lives

Blessing Outpatient Behavioral Health Services has been offering a new therapy with a medication called Spravato, a nasal spray used to treat depression.

Orthognathic (Jaw) Surgery

Improves facial profile by correcting a severe underbite or overbite. Orthognathic (Jaw) Surgery Orthognathic surgery corrects irregular jaw bones that cause severe underbites or…

Dog Bite Leads to Amazing Story of Survival

All Sarah Taylor wanted to do was a favor for a friend, dog-sit for one night.