Mike Hewitt, a 55-year-old retired Air Force veteran, didn’t think he would be able to enjoy running, golfing or even playing with his 12 grandchildren again. For over two decades, he lived with...
Two days after completing a cross-country road trip in October 2022, Cynthia Brooks was settling in at her home in Middleville, Michigan when she began to feel ill. “I had numbness and...
For Michelle Bowser, 2024 has been a year of transformation. The registered medical assistant at University of Michigan Health-West had struggled with her weight for years. Despite diet and exercise,...
As he approached his 45th birthday, Jason wasn’t thinking about his health. Like many people, he believes he lives a relatively healthy lifestyle – he eats healthy, exercises a few times a week,...
There was a pit in her stomach and a lump in her throat as Deb Wieringa prepared to tell her family the news, and it wasn’t good. She watched as the faces of her loved ones filled with fear and...
Going to my first chemotherapy infusion, I felt like a ball of nerves. The shock of being diagnosed with lung cancer was still fresh in my mind, and I didn’t feel ready to start this terrifying...
This was Ruth’s experience when she went into Metro Health Hospital to be treated for what she later learned was a heart attack. “The next thing, I woke up in the intensive care,” remembers...
It is the last appointment after eight weeks of outpatient treatment at the Metro Health Wound Healing Center and Jim* and Connie* want to say thanks to the nurses and doctors who saved Jim’s right...
“On March 11, I was pheasant hunting near Hudsonville, and I had a heart attack.” Keith recalls. Keith and his wife Beth had been long time patients of a local hospital, so when Beth got the call...
A relentless will to participate in life It is a few days before Jon will celebrate his 54th birthday, much as he has marked other milestones and holidays for the past 20 years: in his room in the...