Patient Stories Print After 12 opinions, Mayo Clinic became her 'lucky number 13' After years of unexplained symptoms and incorrect diagnoses, a former Division I athlete and nurse finally received a diagnosis — and coordinated care — that saved her life. For years, Sara Hutchinson tried to make sense of a body that no longer felt like her own. Sara's symptoms began in 2016, when she was 21 and balancing life as a Division I rower and nursing student at the University of Iowa. Despite an intense training… Back to basketball after seizure surgeryStudy shows advanced imaging, expert review improve diagnosis of encephaloceles The sound of a basketball bouncing, the squeak of shoes on a fast break, the swish of the net — basketball has been a constant for Parker Shanks — from youth leagues to high school and college teams, to pickup games at his local gym. One day on the court in 2022, a seizure dropped 6-foot-8-inch Parker to the floor. Watch: Back to basketball after… PST-20216824 Home Patient Stories