Patient Stories Articles

A Simple Test, a Life Saved: How IntelliSep Is Changing Emergency Care 

Kristen Degelman thought she just had the flu. She and her daughter had gone on vacation, and when they came home, both tested positive. But after five days on medication, her daughter felt fine. Kristen didn’t.  A nurse practitioner in the emergency department at St....

Precision and Peace of Mind: How Robotic Surgery Helped One Man Beat Throat Cancer 

John was sitting in his deer stand in Mississippi when he first noticed a small lump beneath his jawline. At 69 years old and a practicing pharmacist with more than four decades of experience, he assumed it was nothing serious, likely just a lymph node still reacting...

Playing Strong: Preventive Rehab Helps Owen Stay in the Game

At 13, Owen lives and breathes sports. From basketball courts to baseball diamonds, he plays nearly year-round, point guard and shooting guard for St. Jude the Apostle and JOELITE, catcher for the Louisiana Leopard Dawgs, and even finds time to fish and cook on...

A NICU Journey of Hope: Weston’s Story

On a recent spring afternoon, Sarah Finney sits outside of her Crossett, Arkansas, home as she discusses her youngest son, Weston. The three-year-old’s naptime is one of the few pockets of time during the day when Finney can speak at length about his life’s journey so...