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A Team Effort Brings Patient Back to Life at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute

Richard Nolan, a 74-year-old from Kansas City, Missouri, is a longtime patient at Saint Luke’s Cardiovascular Consultants. Over the years, he has been treated for claudication, a painful condition caused by reduced blood flow to the calf muscles during exercise. But when his symptoms worsened in July 2025, he was scheduled for surgery at Saint Luke’s East Hospital.

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Finding Her Voice: The Children’s SPOT Helps Young Girl Turn Silence Into Strength
Janette Platter is the community chaplain at Saint Luke’s Bishop Spencer Place, a vibrant senior living community just steps from the Country Club Plaza. But in early 2025, she was just another mom seeking the very best care for her child. Fortunately, she knew it wasn’t too far away.

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From Fragile Beginnings: How The Children’s SPOT Helped a NICU Baby Thrive
Kirsti Millar, a 35-year-old of Kansas City, was 23 weeks pregnant with her second child in early 2023 when her water suddenly broke. What should have been a season of joy and anticipation became a medical emergency.

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BJC Health Hospitals Named to U.S. News & World Report 2026 Best Hospitals for Maternity Care
U.S. News & World Report has named eight BJC Health hospitals as 2026 High Performing hospitals for Maternity Care—the highest award a hospital can earn as part of its Best Hospitals for Maternity Care annual study.

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KSHB: Kansas City 5-Year-Old Finds Her Voice Through Play Therapy At Saint Luke's
After 5-year-old Hildie Platter was diagnosed with selective mutism a year and a half ago, her mother, Janette Platter, turned to The Children's SPOT (Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy) for rehabilitative speech services through play therapy.

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Kelly Overcomes Breast Cancer While Celebrating Key Life Milestones
Now, on the 14th anniversary of her diagnosis, Kelly, 43, is cancer free and grateful for the care she received at Saint Luke's East Hospital in Lee's Summit and Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City.

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FOX4: Saint Luke's Rehabilitation Institute Hosts Second Annual Patient Reunion

Saint Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute hosted its second annual patient reunion, bringing patients and clinical teams together to celebrate their journey to recovery after working with various therapy teams.

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KCTV: Breast Cancer Survivor Goes From Pregnancy Diagnosis to Over a Decade Cancer-Free

In 2011, Kelly McDaniel-Morales was 29 years old and seven months pregnant with her first daughter when she heard the words no expectant mother wants to hear: “You have cancer.”

What followed was a carefully orchestrated medical timeline that would forever change Kelly’s family.

KCTV talked with Kelly, her daughter Brooklyn, and Dr. Ruby Meierotto, breast radiologist at Saint Luke’s East Hospital, about her battle with breast cancer and journey to motherhood.

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Health News You Can Use: Rehab Awareness with Henli
The third full week of September is an annual recognition of National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, celebrating the patient benefits and successes across all therapies.

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Back in the Game: Rockhill Helps Student Athlete Overcome Broken Clavicle

Now starting his freshman year at Missouri Western University on a football scholarship, Jaylen Parks is grateful to Rockhill Orthopaedic Specialists for helping him get back on the field.