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Woman finds relief after years of pain

Linda Lamb was missing something in her life. Sandals.

Blessing Hospital 150th Anniversary

A History of Care, Compassion and Community Blessing Hospital traces its roots to 1873 and a group called “The Charitable Aid and Hospital Association.” Members…

Nurses play key role in operating new life-support system

National statistics from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic showed that 50%-60% of patients placed on the life-support system known as ECMO, short for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, survived at least 90 days.

Special trip allows couple to “leave their diagnoses at home”

The first snowflakes have fallen. All we have left of the summer of 2022 is fond memories. Patrick and April Folweiler of New London, MO, may have the most special memories of any of us.

Surviving stroke - together

On a Saturday morning, Barb and Rich Schmidt were getting ready to attend a swim meet featuring one of their grandchildren. “Normal morning,” Rich recalls. “Showered and shaved and began combing my hair.”

Daughter Says Blessing Health Hannibal Doctors Saved Her Mother’s Life

Sharon Brocksmith was afraid she was going to lose her 86-year-old mother. That was before two Blessing Health Hannibal doctors and their staffs answered her tearful plea.

Lack of family breast cancer history confounds survivor

Barbara “Babs” Herring of Hannibal learned something about breast cancer this past summer.

How a phone call changed the life of a breast cancer survivor

Most of us have a voice within.  We hear it when considering big decisions. “Good choice.” “Bad choice.” “Do it.” “Don’t do it.”  “What about…?” Sometimes we listen to the voice. Sometimes we don’t.

Man discovers age doesn’t have to hurt

James Allan Olson thought what was happening to his body was natural, the results of aging. He was in his 70s, weighed 275 pounds, was diabetic, had high blood pressure, sleep apnea, edema (swelling) in his legs, was feeling tired all the time and often short of breath.

Patient’s pain leads Blessing urology team to take quick action

While having her appendix removed six years ago, Dina Carr learned she had a kidney problem. Each year the nurse from Chatham, IL, would have a kidney function test to monitor her condition, in which the tube that drains urine from one of her kidneys to her bladder was blocked.