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| Genesys launches new ED
advertising campaign |
For many months, Genesys has been making
tremendous improvements to the facilities, patient flow, the patient
experience and communications between visitors, patients and
staff in the Emergency department (ED) at Health Park. To showcase
improvements, as well as increase awareness of the department's
status as the region's leader for emergency care and as a leading
trauma center, Genesys launched a a multi-media advertising campaign
that includes TV and radio spots, print ads, direct mail and
billboards that will run through this summer.
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| Genesys partners with
CaringBridge |
Genesys has partnered
with CaringBridge, a nonprofit Web service that connects families
and friends when someone is facing a serious medical condition,
treatment or in recovery. A CaringBridge website provides a place
for users to post journal entries and photos, and receive messages
of hope and encouragement in a guestbook.
“This partnership
enhances our patient and family support system,” says Karen
VanCura, patient experience coordinator at Genesys. “Having a
CaringBridge website to post updates, instead of fielding numerous phone
calls and e-mails, allows families to focus their time and energy on
the person who requires healing.”
The free service is
funded by individual donations and hospital and collaborative
partnerships. Creating a CaringBridge website is easy, log onto www.genesys.org to get started.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
| Wrestler undergoes risky surgery to compete
again |
 Seventeen-year-old Clio High School
wrestler Kade Roggentine had no clue his sore throat would become
the toughest opponent he ever faced. Ultimately, it forced him
off the mat and out of competition.
During his third
year on the school’s wrestling team, Kade was focused on
finishing higher than the previous year, where he placed two points shy
of earning all state honors. He battled constant tiredness and a
sore throat, but wrestled his way to another shot at all state. In
the meantime, his parents wanted some answers. After running a
series of tests, Kade’s family doctor learned the high
schooler’s platelet count was dangerously low. Normal range is
150,000 to 400,000 units; Kade’s count was an alarming 25,000
units.
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| New
technique at Genesys relieves chronic back pain |
 So
many times I just wanted to give up; I cried all the time because
my back hurt so badly,” reflects Chesaning resident Sally
List.
“I’m a go-getter,” but the life
Sally attacked with great passion changed drastically after a fall
on black ice five years ago.
When stepping out of the
school bus she had driven for 30 years, Sally slipped on the icy
pavement, banged her head on the cement and broke her arm.
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| After hip
reconstruction, man trains for 10-mile race |
 Grand Blanc
resident Jeff Davis diligently began training for the 10-mile
Crim last year, and was up to nine miles for the first time in his
life when he disapointedly was forced to trade in his running shoes
for a walking cane.
“I pulled a muscle as I was
running in a very hilly area, and could barely walk,” he
recalls. “I tried some stretches to relieve the pain, and
finally went to my primary care physician (Kevin Youngs, MD, family
practice physician on staff at Genesys) because I wasn’t
getting better. He took some X-rays, referred me to physical therapy for
two months, but I was getting worse.
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more...]
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| Family of four knows first-hand Genesys
saves lives |
 Good fortune and great care
comes in fours, according to the Vincent family. Mom Jennie and her
three daughters all will testify that Genesys is the best hospital
when it comes to care and compassion. And each has a story they
were anxious to share.
The chain of episodes began five
years ago with the youngest Vincent daughter, Mary Ann Podjun, who
was a patient of Rizwan Danish, MD, hematologist and oncologist
on staff at Genesys. She had blood clotting issues and was
hospitalized at Genesys when she first met him. “I was in pain and
mad at the world when he came into my room and found a way to make
me laugh … and make me healthy again.”
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| Premature twins in
capable, caring hands at Genesys |
 Shortly after
Tanya and Scott Sassack moved to the area, they learned they were
going to be parents. And, 19 weeks into the pregnancy, they found out
they were expecting twins!
“I had a really
wonderful pregnancy … it was a dream,” Tanya smiles, until
she hit week 28 when the tiny, 4’10” mom was placed
on work restriction. She experienced another setback two weeks
later when she developed gestational diabetes.
She
describes this next phase of her pregnancy in a calm and relaxed manner
noting, “Dr. Lapa did all the worrying for me (Martin Lapa,
DO, OB/GYN on staff at Genesys). “He sent me to a dietitian
at Genesys who helped me set up a diet that would help control my
sugar level. I felt good the entire time,” she notes.
“I knew the risks with having twins, but Genesys monitored me so
closely and took so many preventive steps, I wasn’t
worried.”
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| Couple calls Genesys heart team “miracle workers” |
 Davison resident Margaret Klimowicz asked her husband John to
give her an unusual birthday gift this year … she wanted to
renew their wedding vows at Genesys, where John literally was
brought back to life a few weeks ago.
“This is a new
beginning for us,” Margaret tries to retell John’s
story but pauses frequently to hold back her tears. Miracles happen
every day, and one took place at Genesys, Margaret is convinced.
John was admitted to Genesys for a complication from his
lung cancer. He was sitting on the side of his hospital bed when
he suddenly collapsed from an unexpected cardiac arrest.
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more...]
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