Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Sports Health

MLB pitcher Brandon Pfaadt returns home to Louisville to train for the upcoming baseball season

It’s 10 a.m., just a few days before Christmas. Several people have braved the December cold. Their destination — the Norton Sports Health Performance & Wellness Center. Some are older…

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Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Stroke

30-year-old stroke survivor completes half marathon just 11 months after neurosurgery

As Russell Deakins crossed the finish line of the 2023 Urban Bourbon Half Marathon in Louisville, his eyes welled up with tears. “My only goal that day was to finish,”…

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Cancer, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

‘When they saved my life, they saved Christmas’

Dressed as Santa Claus, David Grady was back at Norton Cancer Institute  to thank employees for their care and the compassion they demonstrated to him when he was a patient…

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Heart, Heart Failure, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Women form lasting bond over shared heart transplant journeys

At age 30, Stephanie Deeley was diagnosed with familial cardiomyopathy — the same diagnosis that abruptly took the life of her father when he was just 31. Stephanie received a…

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Employee stories - Norton Healthcare

Ambassador in the emergency department sees role as ‘gift from God’

Meet patient ambassador the Rev. Darlene Gardner — aka the comfort keeper. At the Norton Women’s & Children’s Hospital emergency department, her unwavering purpose to help others makes what she…

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Faith and Health Ministries

Hospital greeter prays for patients

Barbara H. Spitznagel, guest services associate, is a front desk greeter at Norton Clark Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She is well-suited for the job — good-natured and easy to approach….

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Patient stories - Norton Healthcare, Sports Health

Norton Sports Health social worker coaches Bellarmine University athletes to reach peak mental performance

It’s Thursday afternoon at Knights Hall, and the sounds of leather hitting hardwood signal the Bellarmine University men’s basketball team is ready to start practice. Shooting drills dominate this afternoon’s…

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Brand Feature, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare

Celebration, reflection and appreciation for military veterans: A safety manager’s story

Some people are called to serve. From an early age, they know where their path will lead them, and every move they make is with that goal in mind. Others…

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Brand Feature, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare

A career of service: Navy veteran returns to hometown, brings ‘teamwork, discipline’ to job in health care

For one Navy veteran now building a career at Norton Healthcare, life’s journey so far has taken her from the West End of Louisville to an East Coast naval base,…

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Brain Cancer, Brand Feature, Cancer, Employee stories - Norton Healthcare, Norton Brownsboro

Hospital welcomes church service to grant wish of patient with brain cancer

In November 2022, Jonathan Parrish’s life took an unexpected turn when he began experiencing concerning health symptoms. Jonathan, a neurodiagnostic technologist at Norton Brownsboro Hospital, found himself grappling with nausea…

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Neurosciences, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

First Kentucky patient begins lecanemab treatments for mild Alzheimer’s disease

Pam Jeffries’ symptoms presented themselves in the form of a question. “[Pam’s] two grandkids kept asking, ‘Pawpaw, why does Grandma keep repeating herself,’” her husband, Rick Jeffries, said. “The strange…

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Cancer, Patient stories - Norton Healthcare

Hope that experimental new vaccine for glioblastoma will prevent return of aggressive brain tumor

These days, Bob Krueger spends a lot of time on the road. Every few weeks, he drives roughly 200 miles from his home in Franklin, Tennessee, to Louisville, Kentucky. The…

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