Items Tagged ‘3013’
December 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Mother and daughter bond over brain surgery
Talk about a strong mother-daughter bond — Margie Hartmann and her daughter, Jessica McNeil, had Gamma Knife surgery on the same day.
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March 21, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Doubly Rewarding: Weight Loss and Liver Transplant for Rare Disorder
In 2007, Kimmy Lockwood decided to be screened for weight-loss surgery to address a longtime weight problem. Little did she know that decision would be lifesaving and eventually lead to a liver transplant at Mayo Clinic. Tests indicated Lockwood had low iron levels. Her local physicians found the reason — a genetic disorder called hereditary […]
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August 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Tom Vanderwell’s Mayo Clinic Story
By Lee Aase 
Tom Vanderwell is a Mayo Clinic patient from Grand Rapids, Michigan who has come to Rochester three times since 1978 for evaluation and care relating to an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in his neck. I work with our social media team at Mayo Clinic, and I first connected with Tom virtually through Twitter in March, a […]
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