Newsfeed
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/WF446801_003_Electronic_Presentation.jpg)
After experiencing chronic pain in her knee, Valerie Kimball finally decided it was time to get things checked out by her family doctor. A few…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/WF457900_008.jpg)
Fast friends Melanie Peterson and Lindsay Stromback were diagnosed with breast cancer just a few months apart from each other — Lindsay in November 2017…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/Sarah-Linda-Lucas-2-1.jpg)
When Linda Lucas of Bridgeview, Illinois, discovered a lump on her neck, a biopsy revealed she had stage 4 B-cell lymphoma. Linda initially went through…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/10.jpg)
Lily Montgomery was just 3 months old when a doctor told her parents that Lily’s symptoms were likely from a simple cold. But just two…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/Winning-Team-Photo.jpg)
While attending a blood donor recruiter’s presentation with her coworkers, Kirsten Whalen, a Pathologists Assistant at Mayo Clinic, remembered how donated blood greatly improved the…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/WF457203_0001_Web_800_ppi800px__800px.jpg)
Jill Hill has been donating blood since high school. Recently, after she made her 48th donation, it occurred to her that her husband, Pete, had…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/WF458004_0001_Electronic_Presentation.jpg)
In May 2019, 10-month-old Hudson Bray was taken to the Emergency Department after he wasn’t feeling well. It was there that a resident discovered a…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/Harper-Lucas-1.jpg)
Just after Harper Lucas turned 1, she became so ill that her family took her to the emergency room at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/WF477250_0001.jpg)
Chase Harimon was undergoing a routine physical when, to his great surprise, he was diagnosed with kidney failure. “We were sent to a hospital in…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/WF564358_0001_Web_800_ppi800px__800px.jpg)
Sometimes the most successful program advertising comes through the program participants themselves. Char Hepper, a resident at Charter House, is a great example of that.…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/10/WF458003_0005_Electronic_Presentation.jpg)
For 15 years, Mark Altwegg hadn’t missed a day of work. Then, one morning, he couldn’t get off the couch and had to call in…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/04/Lynn-1.jpg)
On the evening of Sept. 23, 2010, Lynn Van Maaren woke up with labored breathing and pain in her chest. Her husband, Robert, immediately took…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/04/Ella.jpg)
As a nurse, Stephanie Mingus has always known the importance of blood donation. However, it became even more apparent to her when she and her…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/04/Nathan.jpg)
Little Nathan Herber has already been through more medical interventions than many people have to deal with in a lifetime. Diagnosed with T Cell non-Hodgkin’s…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/08/Mark-Korinek-and-Dave-Johnson.jpg)
The Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Program is proud to congratulate our first ever, 400th donors. Mark Korinek and Dave Johnson, long-time friends who enjoy running…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/04/Tim-Von-Wald.jpg)
For a mountain biker, the thrill encountered on the trail is a feeling like none other. Tim Von Wald was chasing that feeling when his…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/04/For-Blog-Esther.png)
Esther Janes, a vibrant 19-year-old from Kiowa, Colorado, noticed one day that there was blood in her urine. When she informed her family of her…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/04/For-Blog-Elaine-May1.png)
As a staff member at the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center for five years, Elaine May knows the importance of lifesaving blood donations. Her connection…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/02/3971168_0004-1.jpg)
Colleen Wilson clearly remembers when she decided to become a blood donor. Conversing with her surgical colleagues at Mayo Clinic one day, they pondered: "What…
![](https://cdn.prod-carehubs.net/n1/748e8fe697af5de8/uploads/2021/04/For-Blog.png)
When Su Spafford began working at Mayo Clinic in 1987, she was asked if she would consider becoming a blood donor. Su embraced the idea,…