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Donate Life - Jessie Stoops
Donate Life - Jessie Stoops' Story
"I believe it is so important to be an organ donor because sometimes the person who needs your help is someone you love. In 2019, my baby brother needed a kidney transplant at 29 years old. I was fortunate…
Veteran nurse receives DAISY Award
Garry Ranabargar, RN, Observation Decision Unit, Blessing Hospital, became the 43rd Blessing nurse to receive the international DAISY Award during a ceremony on September 23.
How Blessing’s Express Clinic team handled COVID surges
The Blessing Express Clinic team will likely never forget January 2022. They saw more than 6,000 patients over those 31 days, mostly for COVID-19 testing due to the omicron variant. How was the team—including 2 RNs, 3 LPNs and 2 CMAs—able to meet that demand?
Patient Recognition Week - Maria Wells
During National Patient Experience Week, Maria Wells, certified medical assistant, Blessing Express Clinic, shares her thoughts about her patients.
Donate Life - Courtney's Story
Donate Life Month - Courtney Edison's Story
Being an organ donor has always been very important to me. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to help and care for people, which is why I chose nursing as a career! I was already a registered…
After a decade of suffering, Baylis man celebrates a second chance at life
On April 5, 2025, Rev. Gary Dice will celebrate one year with his transplanted heart. He is thankful to God, to his family and friends, to the many members of his medical team and to someone he does not yet know, the individual - and their loved ones - who donated the heart that gave him his second chance at life.
Dedication, divine intervention and determination leads woman to Blessing Cancer Center
As a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Jean Abbott has had her share of experience with illnesses and accidents. She knows what she wants and needs from healthcare providers – answers. “It’s my body. I want to know what you are going to put in to it and why you are going to put it in there,” the 68-year-old Quincy resident said.
Donate Life - Hannah Lotz
Donate Life - Hannah Lotz' Story
I’ve been a registered donor since I first received my driver’s license. I made sure my family knew my wishes and even though my parents didn’t agree with my view, they agreed. Thankfully, they were never put in a…
Donate Life - Dusty McCollum
Donate Life - Dusty McCollum's Story
Our daughter Brinley was born with a rare genetic disease that affected her liver. This disease is called Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis, or PFIC for short, which then has several subtypes that…