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Blessing Home Care helps veteran deliver another victory

For more than a half-century, Ron and Ann Abel have survived everything the world has thrown at them, including Ron’s tour of duty in Vietnam. “The determination and the love are very strong,” Ann said of her relationship with Ron.

This gardener wears a lab coat (sometimes)

April 14 is National Gardening Day. What do you get when you mix a love for the land with a passion for helping people? You get Sara Martin, APRN-FNP, Nurse Practitioner, in Blessing’s Family Medicine Department.

Who's Your Angel Award - Blessing Cardiovascular Unit

Pictured (top row, l-r): Connor Wolf, Morgan Schone, Sarah Buck, (bottom row) Sarah Mittelberg, Sarah Redington, Terry Gumm CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Blessing Cardiovascular RNs “I was treated for a heart attack and subsequent AFib at Blessing…

Donor Stories - Laurie Jansen

My journey with organ donation began when my mother, Nancy Daggett received her life saving kidney transplant in March of 1997.  Prior to the transplant, she was very sick and would sleep close to 20 hours a day.  Within two weeks of her…

Who's Your Angel Award - Courtney

CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Courtney Courtney is awesome! She is truly a person who cares about her patients. I couldn’t have been in better hands. I attribute my recovery to the excellent care she gave me. If I had questions she answered them and that…

Who's Your Angel Award - Kaylee

CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Kaylee I want to tell you about Kaylee, my visiting nurse. Kaylee made a lasting impression on me from the very beginning, that will last the rest of my life, and that is, she not only listened to me but she explained things…

Who's Your Angel Award - Jacqueline

CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Jacqueline Jackie, I so much appreciate your sweet smile and caring disposition.  You are always so patient and kind with me.  I almost feel like you could be my daughter in so many ways.  Keep up the good…

Who's Your Angel Award - Ryan

CAREGIVER APPRECIATION: Ryan “Ryan had a wonderful smile which was what I needed when he approached me in the room and began visiting. I was feeling down due to my diagnosis and being in isolation away from my husband of five months for the first…

Knee replacement leads woman to second career helping others in pain

Three weeks into retirement from a job she held for 31 years, 62-year-old Pam Porter decided she needed to get back to work. So, Pam got a new job – actually two of them. She was hired to do patient registration for Blessing Health orthopedic surgeon Dr. Barry Werries. And her other job? “I am like a walking billboard for Dr. Werries.”

Tough decision leads nurse down new path

Pam Booth’s nursing career has touched the lives of more patients than she could ever have imagined.