Healthcaring Stories
May 8, 2024 - My brother came for a visit from San Diego. While here he hurt his knee and I brought him to the ER at WVMC. He was seen right away in the ER and referred to Radiology Department for several imaging procedures including one procedure where the radiologist needed to inject a contrast dye. All this took place in one day. My brother was amazed and grateful. He said he had a similar issue with his other knee while in San Diego and it took months to get all the same imaging and procedures completed there. I was proud of WVMC for rendering such rapid and complete care to my out-of-town brother.
Quick stroke recognition pays off for McMinnville man
November 12, 2019
April 24, 2018- Lars Ward was in for a routine medical appointment at his primary care physician in McMinnville when something seemed off. “My left arm started just having a brain of its own,” the 49-year-old site development contractor recalled. Fortunately for Ward, the medical staff at the clinic immediately recognized the...
read more52 Years of Service
November 12, 2019
We are so happy to see Lucille Kuhn back in the unit that she originally opened many years ago, Short Stay. Although she is not back as a nurse, she has joined the WVMC Volunteers Guild and will be helping out in the unit a couple times a week. She has...
read more“You care about me?”
November 12, 2019
It was chilly fall evening when a patient presented to the ER via police, for concern of inability to care for herself after her boyfriend was arrested. Previous encounters with this patient lead staff to believe that she was choosing to be homeless, as it was reported that she walked...
read moreNova Continues her Breast Cancer Battle…Blog #2
November 12, 2019
The Releasing of the Hair to the Mermaids-Creating Traditions, Memories and Hope The minute you hear chemo you instantly ask “Will I loose my hair?”(I did!) It’s what we imagine when we think of cancer and chemo. We have either known someone who has battled Breast Cancer or we are living with...
read moreNova Battles on…To Acupuncture or not, that is the question?
November 12, 2019
To Acupuncture or not, that is the question?- Alternative ways to help yourself through Cancer and Chemotherapy As you embark on your breast cancer journey there are endless options. There are many different ways to fight cancer and many different beliefs and practices. Each person must pick the journey to battle...
read more10 years of Mammograms…and then the diagnosis
November 12, 2019
~10 years of Mammograms and Monthly Breast Exams~ By Nova, WVMC Breast cancer patient sharing her story as she fights the battle of her life For ten years I religiously practiced as much preventive care within my power. Yet, I have now become that 11%, weeks before my 45th birthday! The 11%...
read moreHelping with Hurricane Relief
November 12, 2019
Dr. Tom Cronin, an ED Physician was deployed on September 16th to Orlando, FL to provide aid for hurricane victims. He was deployed with the DMAT OR-2, a part of the National Disaster Medical System. They are a federal uniformed service team that goes out to provide medical care in...
read moreWVMC has Special Visitors
November 12, 2019
Dayton Elementary D.A.S.H. Students Come to Visit It’s not every day that our hospital gets inundated with 30 kindergarten through fifth graders, but when it does happen, it brightens up the entire hospital. This last week WVMC was fortunate enough to host the Dayton Elementary “DASH” program. “Dayton Activities for Students...
read moreProject Compassion- An Unforgettable Experience
November 12, 2019
WVMC’s Lori Cutrell, RN donates personal time to travel with “Project Compassion” providing medical care to countries in need. I just returned from an amazing medical mission trip and wanted to share my story with you. I have always wanted to combine my love of nursing and my love of traveling so I could touch...
read moreA Future in Medicine starts early
November 12, 2019
Taylor Vogel can’t decide whether she would rather assist patients directly as a medical practitioner or help develop cures as a medical researcher. So she’s planning to do both. “I like both the social and the science part, so I want to be an M.D. or an M.D./Ph.D.,” said Vogel, who...
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