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Apr
Archives for Heidi Prescott-Wieneke
12
Apr
Beacon Scholar feels grateful to have job waiting for her after graduation
Beacon Health System and Ivy Tech partnered together in 2022 to create the Beacon School of Nursing to address the nursing shortage in our community and support equitable economic prosperity in underrepresented minorities. This is a first-person perspective from Christy Hargraves, a Beacon Scholar who works as a Nursing Assistant...
11
Apr
Volleyball athlete who suffered ACL injury glad to be back on the court thanks to Beacon clinical team
The volleyball gene seems to run in the Van der Oord family. Suriya Van der Oord is a crackerjack volleyball athlete, taking after her parents. She has been involved with club volleyball since she was 12. Now pursuing a degree in rehab science, she is in her fourth year attending...
10
Apr
Eye on Health: Local woman undergoes innovative robotics surgery to prevent colon cancer
Mary Dunn, who lives in Niles, looks and feels healthy today due in large part to the robotics surgery she had in January at Memorial Hospital when doctors removed part of her colon where abnormal polyps had been found during a series of colonoscopies. Colonoscopies, one of the few medical procedures...
09
Apr
Second opinion leads to solution
In 2018, Lydia Williams began having balance issues. She was a healthy teenager and a high school competitive swimmer. Her ability to maintain balance escalated and by September 2021, she was unable to walk, says her mother, Sarah. Soon Lydia had to use a wheelchair. The family lives in Chicago and...
09
Apr
Long-avoided spinal fusion surgery changes everything
For eight years, Michelle Rannells dealt with pain. As a pediatric nurse who was on her feet a lot, she thought she had a pinched sciatica nerve, because the pain would come and go. After a shift at work, Michelle would head home and go to bed – sometimes for...
09
Apr
Nurse’s compassion allows Beacon Children’s Hospital patient to witness solar eclipse
Ashton Murphy placed his cardboard glasses over his eyes, craned his neck, and like many of us, watched the moon slowly slide across the sun Monday. Only Ashton was not in his backyard or even his home state. The pediatric intensive care patient watched the eclipse in his hospital gown...
13
Mar
Eye on Health: Beacon sports medicine patient now sprinting toward her running goals
Kate Kujawski has been running since high school. Having several marathons under her belt, and medals galore from other races, she runs for fun, trains regularly and dreams of running Boston and New York City. But last summer, Kate hit a bump in the road. She started feeling pain in her...
12
Mar
Medical Minute: What to know about measles and how to stay safe amid rising U.S. cases
The number of measles cases is rising in the U.S., including a recent handful of cases confirmed in the Chicago area. In fact, measles has been confirmed in at least 17 states. While there is currently no reason for alarm in our communities, it is important to protect yourself and...
07
Mar