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By Lori Mackey, DAT, ATR-BC, LPC, CCLS On Sunday, October 8th, I lace up my running shoes in support of the Art Therapy program at Advocate Children’s Hospital Oak Lawn. My passion and dedication in the belief of the intrinsic healing nature of art and art making has woven a path…...

By Matt Claver At the age of 16, when most guys are worrying about making the varsity football team and dating the cutest girl in school, I found myself in the ER on New Year’s Day with the worst headache I had ever experienced. I thought it was the worst…...

By Kevin Fitch When I tell people that I will be running the Chicago Marathon, many reply, “Now, why would you want to go and do that?” For many years, I felt the same way. Although I had completed many 5Ks, 10Ks and triathlons, the marathon seemed painful and boring.…...

By Stuart M. Sankovitch On December 22, 1994, after a routine check-up at the pediatrician, my parents received news that their three-year-old son could have a brain tumor. Thanks to Dr. Hansen, I was rushed to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, where a thorough examination could be done. Dr. John Ruge…...

By April Schippers What words do I use when no words exist to truly capture what you mean to our family? It was six long years ago that I first met you. We were in a dark, cramped x-ray room just a few doors down the hall from where Isaac…...

By Ashley Burton, RN I still have trouble believing it happened, but at the age of 30, I had a stroke. While out for a run, I noticed a cramp in my shoulder, similar to a Charlie horse. When I got home the pain traveled down my arm and up…...

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…...