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St. John's Patient Stories
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The patients who so generously share their personal stories on our Web site are your relatives, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Most consider themselves ordinary, but their stories couldn’t be more fascinating or inspiring. As you read these stories, you'll get some insight into St. John's Health System, our model of care and how our caregivers change people's lives every day.

CANCER Around 300 women a year are diagnosed with breast cancer at St. John’s. Since May of 2008, each of those women has received a prayer shawl knitted or crocheted by a volunteer. Dee Brown, who recently completed her radiation and is cancer-free, received one. Read Dee's story >>> Read all cancer stories >>>	PEDIATRIC A couple of years ago, Mark and Cheryl Strothkamp of Ozark thought their rough-and-tumble son Grant, now 10, needed to learn the importance of safety, so they enrolled him in Safe Kids Boot Camp. Read Grant's story >>> Read all pediatric stories >>>
HEART Nancy Twenter, 69, of Lebanon is no stranger to heart trouble. Twenter had a stent put in to open up an artery eight years ago, and suffers from angina. Her St. John’s cardiologist, David Cochran, M.D., once told her how to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack: “You’ll feel like an elephant is sitting on your chest,” she recalls him saying. Read Nancy's story >>> Read all heart stories >>>	WOMEN'S HEALTH A complete hysterectomy with one night spent in the hospital, no stitches and a stroll outside just four days later? Wanda Ackerman of Billings, 47, a mother of two and a grandmother of one, was the first patient at St. John’s to undergo surgery with the da Vinci surgery robot. OB/GYN Kent Burk performed her hysterectomy with the robot last September. Read Wanda's Story >>> Read all women's stories >>>
EMERGENCY TRAUMA Brandon Carnahan of Lebanon is a typical Ozarks 20-year-old – when he was a patient in St. John’s Hospital’s Burn Center, all he could think about was the fact that he had to miss a hunting trip to Texas with his stepdad because of his injuries. Read Brandon's story >>> Read all emergency trauma stories >>>	NEUROSCIENCE Deanna Ruda takes being a stay-at-home mom to a new level, which is not always easy for someone who has suffered from chronic migraine headaches most of her life. Read Deanna's story >>> Read all neuro stories >>>
SPORTS MEDICINE By his own admission, Brad Huff has had some catching up to do this summer. A chronic knee condition nearly dashed the 29-year-old Fair Grove native and professional cyclist’s plans to compete in the Olympic trials in June and in his favorite race – the Tour of Missouri – this fall. Read Brad's story >>>	BEHAVIORAL HEALTH Halloween 2004 is one night that Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Brad Ziverk, 43, of Springfield, will never forget. “That was my first night in Iraq. Everything about it – the sights, sounds, smells, the heat – just blew me away,” he recalls. Read Brad's story >>> Read all behavioral health stories >>>

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