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Ten years ago, Nina Noe's dog supported her along her journey to beat a rare form of breast cancer.

The 37-year-old Chillicothe wife and mother had two active teen boys, a full-time job, and had recently returned to college for to earn dual majors in business administration and organizational leadership. Then one day she felt a lump in her breast.

Ten years ago, Nina, a Lake Winnebago resident, was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer that led to a partial mastectomy followed by radiation treatment at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City.

"It was frustrating, and I thought that was just the way life was going to be," Barry Blank said. Read his about journey with Parkinson's and about the procedure that changed his life.

Deborah Sandler Kemper's back pain was unbearable. After seeking expertise from Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute, she has returned to her active lifestyle with no pain.

After being diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer and undergoing chemotherapy and radiation treatments, Jesse found her heart was failing from side effects of chemotherapy.

For 67-year-old longtime Kansas City resident Todd Zehner, family has always been at the heart of his life. A husband of 45 years and proud grandfather of two energetic kids, Todd was looking forward to a joyous holiday season in December 2024. But on Dec. 17, his world turned upside down when a stroke sent him to the ICU for seven days.

Bernadette Priestley had just moved back to Wisconsin from London with her husband and two boys when her life changed forever.