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Man learns – and feels – how much knee replacement has improved

Daniel Wert has had both knees replaced. While the procedures took place several years apart, the difference in his experiences is best described as night and day.

Who's Your Angel Award - Dr. Kurtis Stewart

Kurtis Stewart, M.D., Bariatric Surgery/Medicine, Blessing Bariatric Institute, received a Who’s Your Angel nomination from Tracy Armstrong, chaplain, Volunteer Services. The Blessing Foundation presented the Who’s Your Angel certificate and angel wings pin award to Dr. Stewart on February 17.

Cowboy discovers that, with the right healthcare, you can still “horse around”

If all you know about cowboy life comes from watching the drama-prone Dutton clan on the TV series “Yellowstone”, meet the real deal - Mike Wright – a Tri-State born, honest-to-goodness cowboy who lives to be on the back of a horse or mule. But over the past decade, the wear-and-tear of the cowboy lifestyle caused Mike’s quality of life to suffer.

Risk of respiratory illness up this winter, local doctor says

More people could suffer with the respiratory illnesses this winter than have in the past several years.

Plastic surgeon draws families to Blessing Health for life-changing care

Moms are particular and passionate about the provider they pick when their children need reconstructive surgery.

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?

Quincy Junior High School sensory room renovated through Blessing Health System donation

Hundreds of Quincy Junior High School (QJHS) students with developmental disabilities will benefit from a partnership between the Quincy Public School District and Blessing Health System.

Donate Life - Charla Martin

Donate Life - Charla Martin's Story Jill was 2 years younger than me all though elementary, middle & high school in northeast Missouri.  We knew each other, but weren’t really friends.  As adults, Jill was what I would call an…

How a very smart person helped a friend find the road to recovery

No one should go through a medical crisis alone. But that is just what one local resident faced after a devasting injury.

Meet two special ladies connected at the heart

Mary Eustace and Sandee Marcinek share a bond. While they didn’t know each other for the first 70-plus years of their lives, the first time they met, they felt a connection.