Meet Dr. Zona

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Chris and Barbara give to carry on the mission of St. Luke’s Hospital Dr. Chris Zona was a physician at St. Luke’s Hospital before it was acquired by Mercy Health. Today, he is the director of Mercy Health – St. Luke’s Family Medicine Residency, where he continues to care for his patients. He and his…

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Meet Kathy Koepp

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Nurse navigators, funded by donors, make a difference for cancer patients like Kathy When she was first told she had breast cancer, Kathy Koepp went to her car and cried. She felt completely overwhelmed. But because of donors, Kathy was able to connect with Cathy Fior, a nurse navigator with Mercy Health – Lorain Hospital.…

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Meet Danny Cox

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Thanks to you, Danny gains mobility with each visit to rehab at Mercy Health – Marcum and Wallace Hospital Danny Cox’s body is showing the wear of a lifetime of hard work in construction. Your gift is keeping him going. After both hip and knee replacements, Danny has become an expert on physical therapy. He…

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Meet Briearra Kennedy

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Briearra is helping connect patients with services, thanks to your support for programs like Mercy Serves Mercy Serves is an innovative program made possible by your support. The program focuses on matching vulnerable patients with available services. Briearra Kennedy is part of Mercy Serves. The program is a partnership with AmeriCorps, the federal agency for…

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Meet Teri Reynolds

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Donor support of nurse navigators was a blessing for Teri during breast cancer treatment Teri Reynolds felt frightened and overwhelmed after a routine mammogram revealed a lump in her breast, which was diagnosed as cancer. Donations toward Mercy Health Oncology Nurse Navigators provided vital comfort. Her navigators guided her through the maze of appointments, tests…

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Ethelia Bryant’s Story

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Thanks to donors, music therapy was available to Ethelia and her family after her medical crisis It was a frightening time for the Bryant family when their mother Ethelia was rushed to Mercy Health – Lorain Hospital unable to breath. “They decided that she needed to have a pacemaker,” remembers her daughter, Latrice. “We had…

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Meet Bob Pyndell

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You helped provide the meditation sessions that gave Bob peace of mind during his cancer battle After 18 months of treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer, Bob Pyndell was spent. A combination of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy left him physically, emotionally, and spiritually depleted. Your gift gave him strength. “There was so much pain…

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Meet Carl & Kathy

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Your support provided the rehabilitation tools Carl needed to live at home with his wife, Kathy Kathy Schulz could see the toll several falls and multiple surgeries had on her husband Carl. She worried he might never get back to how he was before. “After his second surgery, Carl was left like an infant. He…

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KaZonté’s Story

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KaZonté’s work with victims of violent crime at the Trauma Recovery Center is possible thanks to you Thanks to gifts from donors like you, KaZonté Allen and her colleagues can provide specialized care in their community to those who really need it. KaZonté is a social worker and therapist at the Mercy Health – Toledo…

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Meet Earl Gordon

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Earl is standing tall because you support Mercy Health Marcum and Wallace Hospital’s Outpatient Infusion Clinic Earl Willis believes your support of the Outpatient Infusion Clinic at Mercy Health Marcum and Wallace Hospital saved his leg. The clinic specializes in wound care and the staff were able to find the cause of Earl’s troubles. Earl…

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