Andrew Charles Jacob HossWhen Diana Hoss was pregnant with her third son, she did everything she could to carry him to term. Her first son had been born five weeks early and her second son made it to term with

Ronnie Grigsby“When I arrived at St. Luke’s, I had been in two hospitals in the Middle East, one in Germany, one in Seattle and one in Idaho. I couldn’t walk and had several complications related to my brain injury as

Carol TratzCarol Tratz found out she was pre diabetic and decided to stop the disease in its tracks. With the help of the O.C. Olsen Diabetes Education Center she is now on her way to doing just that. “I was

Helen BonsorIn 2000, her back problems became so severe her doctor thought she would be in a wheelchair for at least three months. That didn’t happen she says, because of the staff at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute, who used pool

Eugene BlankenshipAs a lifelong runner who has completed 13 marathons, Eugene Blankenship knows how to stay in shape. But after two knee injuries and subsequent surgeries, the 66 year old high school track and cross country coach stopped running for

Painkillers were not the long term answer. Bill Heitzman only wishes he had come sooner to the pain program at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute.

Carol Wendle“When I first got to St. Luke’s in a wheelchair, I couldn’t push it with my right arm — it would keep falling off the wheel,” Carol recalled. “I went in circles because I had one strong leg and one strong arm."

When 10 year old Michael Jensen was attacked by three American bulldogs near his home in the summer of 2007, he suffered serious injuries to the right side of his face, left arm and elbow and both legs.

When Rob Mildes’ motorcycle hit a deer during a morning commute, he nearly bled to death.

When Barbara Tillson was diagnosed with Type II diabetes, her doctor wanted her to receive education about the disease and management. Instead of referring Tillson to the nearest patient educator over three hours away from her home in Republic, her doctor referred her to the CHER/O.C. Olson Diabetes Center and Northwest TeleHealth.

Northwest MedStar member Robert Wisener has been saved by Northwest MedStar on two occasions.

Tom Pitzer is not your typical cardiac rehabilitation patient, but when this long-time marathon runner collapsed at the finish line of Bloomsday, that fate changed.