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Landscaper Mike Taylor at work following knee replacement surgery
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Mike鈥檚 Story: Choosing Knee Replacement

鈥楴onstop鈥� pain motivated landscaper Mike Taylor to choose joint replacement surgery

Sam and his cheer awards
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Sam鈥檚 Story: Getting an Athlete Back on Track

After successful surgery, Sam learned a valuable lesson

Dr. Tueting and patient Caroline and close-up of her injured finger
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Caroline鈥檚 Story

Division 1 volleyball player excels in championship game just weeks after finger surgery

Iris and her parents on discharge day
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Iris鈥� Story

NICU interventions play key role in helping 鈥榝eisty鈥� one-pound baby survive

Diane Grandgeorge
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Diane Grandgeorge鈥檚 Story: 鈥業 Felt Taken Care Of鈥�

Support from her care team made Diane's breast cancer treatment easier

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'For Better, for Worse, in Sickness and in Health'

How Laura and Kurt Hagemann helped each other face breast cancer

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Marty鈥檚 Story: Life After Surgery for a Rare Skull Tumor

Indiana man turned to Rush skull base surgery team to remove rare chordoma

Omar Ramos and Kristina Lubic
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Kristina鈥檚 Story

Kristina had a great support system to help her through cancer treatment. Now she wants to help others

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Paintings for RUSH

Grateful for the excellent care her family received at RUSH, a local artist painted a picture for the Children's Hospital as a way of saying thank you

Tammy Kaiser
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Tammy鈥檚 Story

After receiving a cancer diagnosis, Tammy learned, 鈥業t was time to put me first鈥�