Emergency Medicine

Patient stories

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   Dylan Walling Survives Crash and Exceeds Expectations in Recovery

   As much as she?d like to forget Sept. 15, 2016, it's a day Julie George will never be able to erase from her memory. That day, the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, woman?s 21-year-old son, Dylan Walling, was riding his motorcycle on a highway en route to his grandmother?s house when the unthinkable occurred. A slow-moving manure [...]

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   Astounding Recovery for an 8-Year-Old Boy Shot by an Arrow

   It?s a story that plays out like a Hollywood movie. A young boy is accidentally struck by an arrow and narrowly escapes death. The arrow pierces the 8-year-old?s backbone and splits his spinal cord. He?s paralyzed from the waist down, and his doctors fear he?ll never walk again. But remarkably, the story has a happy [...]

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   Multiple Medical Emergencies Give Nurse A New Perspective on Mayo Clinic Care

   As a nurse for more than eight years at Mayo Clinic?s Rochester campus, Jacklyn Traurig knew firsthand the value of the organization?s team approach to health care. But although Jackie was practiced at providing quality care, she didn?t truly see just how exceptional Mayo Clinic?s style was until she found herself in back-to-back medical crises. [...]

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   Double Lung Transplant Recipient Beats Cystic Fibrosis to Become A Running and Fitness Enthusiast

   When Tammy Bolerjack was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age 18, she found herself frequently in and out of hospitals for treatments to help her breathe. Running 5K races and half-marathons certainly wasn?t something she envisioned in her future. Little did she know then that eventually a double lung transplant at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus?would [...]

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   Love and Determination Help Brennan Get Back on His Feet in Time to Walk Down the Aisle

   Before October 2015, Brennan Farley had never broken a bone in his body. That changed dramatically when a horrific vehicle accident landed the 30-year-old farm worker in Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus, for two months. Due to Brennan's extensive injuries, doctors were concerned he might not be able to walk again. But with the [...]