Here is a follow-up article from my local newspaper about the story that Mayo Clinic did on my patient story as an artist who overcame the fear of surgery and used sketching and painting her surgeon in that process. I will post links to both here:

The original story on the Sharing Mayo Clinic blog
https://sharing.mayoclinic.org/2019/01/09/using-the-art-of-medicine-to-overcome-fear-of-surgery/

The Chicago Tribune's article about the Mayo Clinic story
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/barrington/community/chi-ugc-article-local-artist-jennifer-hunter-has-her-patient-2019-01-30-story.html

I am grateful for being able to share this story and inspire people to overcome their own challenges with my story.