Patient Stories

• Sophie Borthen - Knee Injury
  Sophie Borthen’s life revolves around soccer, and her goal is to play at the college level. But an ACL tear during a game last October put everything in jeopardy.
• Naomi Marquez-Blake - Arthritis
  Naomi Marquez-Blake had battled knee problems over the years, and a fall in late 2010 showed arthritis had taken a devastating toll on her right knee.
• Barbara Allen - Rectal Cancer
  When Barbara Allen was diagnosed with a precancerous lesion on her rectum, her doctor referred her to EvergreenHealth's Dr. Harry Kahn - the only surgeon in the state performing a minimally invasive procedure called TEMS.
• Karyl Lee Olels - Back Pain
  Other doctors had warned Karyl Lee Olels away from back surgery, but the combination of minimally invasive spine surgery and computer navigation had her out of the hospital in 12 hours, and back to her favorite activities - pain free.
• Les Tiffany - Gallstones
  Les Tiffany's surgery at EvergreenHealth last October marked the first time in the nation the da Vinci surgical system had been used for gallbladder removal.
• Darrell Blankenship - Prostate Cancer
  If you don't think your annual physical is important, just ask Darrell Blankenship. When he turned 50, a prostate exam was added to his annual tests. The exam revealed a clinically significant prostate cancer.
• David Bartos - Osteoarthritis - Knee Pain
  David Bartos had planned on having a minimally invasive knee replacement, but then he found out he could be a candidate for a new procedure called a MAKOplasty®.
• Richard Montenegro - Stroke
  Forty-seven-year-old Richard Montenegro’s life changed in the blink of an eye. A brain hemorrhage felled him as he was leaving work last March, and put him in a coma for two days. It left Montenegro in a wheelchair and unable to walk, speak or use his right arm.
• Sofie Dissel - Aortic Aneurysm
  Sofie Dissel had not one but three 'silent killers' lurking in her body. That’s the nickname given to abdominal aortic aneurysms - the 12th leading cause of death in the United States because there often are no symptoms until the aneurysm ruptures.
• Sue Willard - Multiple Sclerosis
  Sue Willard has lived with multiple sclerosis for 30 years, but she hasn’t let that get in the way of the life she wants to lead. She and her husband grow grapes and raise a specialized small breed of cattle on their 50-acre farm in Snohomish.
• Sherilynn Prichard - Rectal Cancer
  Sherilynn Prichard never thought she'd learn to ride a motorcycle. Then again, she never thought she'd battle Stage III cancer at the age of 37 and win. With the coordinated care at Evergreen's cancer program, she's got a new lease on life.
• Kate Fallon - Mourning the death of her husband
  It was supposed to be a happy family vacation at Lake Chelan. Then, the unthinkable happened. A motorcycle accident left 36-year-old Scott Hanan dead, his wife, Kate Fallon, and their two children devastated. But with support from Evergreen’s Grief and Bereavement program, they are putting their lives back together.
• Gloria Becker - Rectal Cancer
  It was May 2003 and Gloria Becker chalked up her array of troubling symptoms - weight loss, bloating, change in bowel habits and fatigue - to nerves over a new job. Then, the 52-year-old noticed blood in her stool.
• Nancy Stewart - Coarctation of the Aorta
  For nearly half her life, 42-year-old Nancy Stewart had been told she suffered from a heart murmur - but that didn't explain her excruciating headaches, nausea and exhaustion. Annual checkups and multiple echocardiograms failed to provide an answer. "I was trying to keep up my energy and stamina," she recalls, "but I was feeling progressively worse."
• Gordy Cheeley - Chronic Heart Failure
  Seventy-one-year-old Gordy Cheeley was struggling in spring 2000. He'd already undergone two invasive heart procedures - including a triple bypass - and was working hard in cardiac rehab. But he still wasn't feeling well.
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