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Ginny was brought to the ER after suffering from numbness in her face and difficulty speaking and walking. Unfortunately, it turned out that those were just a few of the signs Ginny’s body showed when she suffered a major stroke at the mere age of 46. “I was completely taken…...

The Leona Loeber Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory was dedicated in 2006, thanks to a generous gift by the Loeber Family, made in memory of their late mother, Leona Loeber, a patient with melanoma who was cared for at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. This week the Loeber family visited the lab…...

By Peggy Brosnan On June 8, 2012, I received the phone call that is everyone’s worst nightmare: my biopsy came back positive for cancer. When the surgeon told me the news, I remember feeling numb, as if all of my blood had rushed out of my body. Literally, within moments…...

  Four nurses gather around the bedside as the attending physician reviews the patient’s information. “Charlotte Thomas, 28-year-old female, was admitted today for induction of labor for pre-eclampsia. The patient has had protracted labor, and is progressing and dilating slowly. She started pushing one hour ago with good effort.” Two…...

Sarah Consiglio, RN, BSN, is in the operating room at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital before the sun comes up. As the scrub nurse for the day’s first surgery, she prepping the room and sterilizing equipment. She then turns her attention to the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. This state-of-the-art surgical…...

By Betsy Shannon For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a mom. When that time finally came, it seemed our road to a family was paved with loss after loss. When we finally made it to twelve weeks, I was overjoyed, however, at a routine level…...

“Trey needed us,” says Sandra Figatner. “He was meant to be my child.” The Figatner family traveled to China to adopt Trey when he was barely four years old. Sandra Figatner had seen his picture and knew her family could help this little boy with special needs. But Sandra knew…...

By Ann Adlington The statistics on sexual violence in the United States are sobering. According to the Department of Justice, there are, on average, more than 320,000 victims of rape and sexual assault in the United States every year. What is even more sobering is the fact that many of these…...

On a hot Friday morning, nearly 100 people gather outside Our Lady of Tepeyac Parish in Pilsen, Ill. for its weekly food pantry. Some have been waiting in line since 7 am. The pantry opens at noon. In a neighborhood where the average annual household income is $22,000 per year,…...