The providers and team of FHN affect the lives of so many, by providing expert care from diagnosis to recovery. Here are some of our patients' stories.
One reason she chose Tamisha Bonvillain, FNP-BC, IBCLC as her primary care provider is because Nurse Practitioner Bonvillain is a good listener and a patient explainer.
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Sisters Sherri Daniel of Freeport and Toni Bollon of German Valley have been doing things together since childhood – but they never dreamed they would both receive stents in FHN’s state-of-the-art cardiac catherization (cath) lab within four days of each other!"
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In 2018, FHN’s Women’s Health Team confirmed Tamara Salazar needed a hysterectomy due to a prolapsed uterus. It was regularly causing her discomfort, but wasn’t an emergency. She put it off to help another family member who was ill, and then COVID-19 came … with a vengeance..."
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When Samantha Kellermann of Lanark discovered she was pregnant with her second child, she knew she could count on FHN for her prenatal care, labor, and delivery. She and her husband, Josh, welcomed their daughter, Harper, at FHN’s Birthing Center more than two years ago..."
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It is safe to say that Dallas Kosier of Savanna had a difficult year. Her husband passed away from cancer, and Dallas received her own cancer diagnosis just shortly thereafter. "If you've had cancer, you know it is the scariest word in the dictionary..."
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Navy veteran, retired businessman, and self-proclaimed "car nut" Tom Rutkowski was enjoying retirement with his wife at Lake Carroll, until one day he noticed lumps under both arms. He was feeling well and had no symptoms, but thought a quick check was wise...
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After breaking several bones in a terrible UTV accident, Myra Archer Holland of Lanark has regained her strength and mobility with the help of FHN's Physical Therapy team.
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Eager for relief from the pain and stiffness caused by his arthritis, Jim Wenger tried a promising new treatment for osteoarthritis.
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Sam Tucibat woke up with sudden hearing loss in one ear, but the FHN team and HBOt 'tube time' got him back to hearing in stereo.
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Sneezing, runny nose, congestion, drainage, fatigue, and headache are unpleasant for anyone. But Jennifer Newman of Freeport suffered with these symptoms every single day...
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When FHN orthopaedic surgeon Greg Dammann, MD, asked Kimball Sturtevant if he was fine with having FHN.s first VELYS robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery, his patient.s response was enthusiastic...
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When Jeff Lamm was on vacation in Florida, he never dreamed that banging his leg on a boat would put him in the hospital and signal the start of a long healthcare journey...
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When all-things-Irish enthusiast Stephen Lafferty thought his knee needed an overhaul, he didn't want to count on luck.
Instead, he trusted the professionals at FHN to help him regain his quality of life. His wife, Susan, first noticed his knee discomfort when he had trouble with...
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Dealing with vertigo can be a dizzying experience. Just ask Bill Schramm, Heather Politsch, and Rachel Boatwright.
All three have grappled with the frustrating condition due to different causes. Any way it manifests itself, FHN has strategies to help make the room stop "spinning" for frustrated patients...
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He was walking his dogs on a cold December night, just as he does every evening.
But on this night, there was something different – the middle of Len Carter's chest 'felt like a toothache.'
He told himself it was from breathing in the cold winter air...
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Farfalena Rahn's first name means "butterfly" in Italian. This symbol of transformation and hope well represents the last two years of her life, when she went from relying on a wheelchair to walking again, thanks to strong support from FHN, her family, and her friends. In 2019, Farfalena was unable to walk...
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Football injuries are part of the game – it's a long, rough season. Even the best of teams, like the Illinois State 1A Champion Le-Win Panthers, deal with broken bones, torn ligaments, and dislocated joints as they battle through their weekly schedules...
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Mary Lynn Trost was eager to get her surgical staples out – all 50 of them – after having a successful hysterectomy for Stage 1A uterine and ovarian cancer at UW Madison hospital. Unfortunately, her incision reopened almost immediately after her stitches were removed, right in the doctor's office...
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Brad Rothermel's family calls him "the moon baby," since he was born July 20, 1969, when U.S. astronauts first landed on the moon. But his "lunar lineage" didn't give him any breaks when he caught COVID-19 just after their clan's Thanksgiving gathering last year...
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Dan Malin's work trip to Michigan took an unexpected detour – he started to feel ill before departing,and then feared he was having a heart
attack while he was driving in Indiana. He rushed to a local hospital...
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It never crossed her mind that she might have blastomycosis. She had never even heard of it! But when Michele Davis got sicker and sicker, she and her family were very grateful that FHN Infectious Disease Specialist Robert Geller, MD, MS, FACP, FIDSA, connected the dots...
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When Amalia Viveros came to visit her son Ramon in Dakota, he was concerned about both her physical and emotional well-being. Suffering with osteoarthritis in her knees for about five years, she was in a great deal of pain. Steroid injections...
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When Mackenzie Biehl was in kindergarten, her mom, Stacy, noticed a bony bump on her feet below each big toe. She took note of it at the time, but figured it was "nothing to worry about." As time passed, the 'bumps' didn't go away...
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