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Kim Day
President/CEO
Thank you again for reading
Healthy People magazine and please feel free to contact us if you
find something interesting, have a suggestion or request, or would
like to share your own story. |
Anniversaries provide an opportunity to celebrate milestones,
reflect on past experiences and gain perspective on what the future
might hold. On this
occasion of St. John’s Healthy People magazine’s 10th anniversary, I
pause to think about the many generous people who have shared their
stories with us. By providing a glimpse of their lives, they teach
us about our own health while inspiring us to face the challenges of
injury and illness with renewed hope.
We are so thankful for these patients, families and their health
care providers for sharing their journeys and teaching important
lessons about prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
In this issue, we catch up with car crash survivor Rachel Maples,
whose nearly fatal accident almost delayed her wedding to high
school sweetheart, Clell Maples. Today, the couple has a 2-year-old.
Healthy People readers may also remember Megan Jewsbury, who
overcame a brain injury to fulfill her college dream. She not only
successfully completed college, she is now working on a master’s
degree.
The Skopec quadruplets, born at St. John’s in June of 1997, are now
thriving in elementary school in Bolivar. One of them already has
Presidential aspirations. We hear from parents Steve and Sara about
their whirlwind life.
No issue of Healthy People is complete without stories of survival.
Breast cancer survivors Annie Bach and Dee Dee Lennon are still
cancer-free a decade after treatment. They share their joy and their
fears with us as they look back on the diagnosis that changed their
lives forever.
We hope you enjoy this special issue and hope the New Year finds you
and your family happy and healthy.
Sincerely,
Kim Day
St. John’s Health System President / CEO |