Patient Stories
Rita's Story: New, Advanced Technology Found Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Rita Grim, an Ortonville resident since 2008, was having a hard time catching her breath after recovering from a heart attack years earlier in 2002. Rita had been seeing an Ortonville-based Nurse Practitioner regularly to help her figure out what was causing her shortness of breath – she was tested…
Prairie Lakes OB Patient With Life-Threatening Complications Honors Doctors & Nurses
A Prairie Lakes patient is grateful for a team of doctors and nurses who saved her life after complications following child birth on July 6, 2022. She honored a local OB/GYN, Dr. Miranda Pray-Dede, with a "Guardian Angel" award. Many Prairie Lakes teams were involved in Nicole Rislov's care including…
Rick Bruns Successfully Battles Cancer with the Help of the Prairie Lakes Cancer Center Staff
Rick Bruns has a larger-than-life personality and a wide smile that will brighten any room he strolls into. That smile faded on February 3rd, 2021, ironically on Rick’s birthday, when he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma—a condition that occurs when the body produces too many abnormal lymphocytes, a type of…
Nate's Story of Complex Pain Treatment
Nate Davis graduated from Watertown High School and played college ball. After a complicated knee injury, Nate saw Eric Fjeldheim, Doctor of Physical Therapy and specialist in pain science at Prairie Lakes Rehab. Fjeldheim’s practice follows evidence-based techniques he learned through his additional classes, certification, and Fellowship in Pain Science.…
Bo's Shoulder Rehab Story
Last fall Watertown Arrow Athlete, Bo injured his shoulder. Bo shares his story of recovery. "I had to be out of sports for a while, but I worked with Prairie Lakes Physical Therapy. With their help, I recovered, and was back throwing shot put for track in the spring.” Learn more…
Shaun's Story about Melanoma
Shaun always had a mole on her neck that was light in color. Then people at work started commenting on how they thought it had changed, so Shaun had it checked out by Dr. Smith. That’s when she learned she had melanoma. Dr. Smith helped Shaun determine the right course…
Mary's Story of Recurring Nasal Polyps
Fifteen years ago, Mary Lauritsen had her third sinus surgery for polyp disease. During sinus surgery polyps are removed and unfortunately for Mary the polyps kept reoccurring, even after her third surgery. The last fifteen years she tried to accept the fact that she’d always feel a bit miserable and tried…
Working Together to Help Brian Hear
Brian’s hearing was first tested when he was born, and after months of doctors’ visits, his mother Makenzie learned that he was deaf on his left side. “Not enough families know of the importance of testing their children's hearing, especially special needs children like mine,” said Makenzie. Brian has an…
Kevin's Knee Replacement Story
Ten years ago Kevin had his right knee replaced. Fast forward to 2020, and he knew it was time to have his left knee replaced too. “It was ten years later, so I figured the technology and everything would be better. Ten years ago it took me an entire year…
Joy's Story of Recovery
“We didn’t know if I was having a stroke or what was happening.” This is a frightening situation for anyone, and was the case for Joy early summer 2020. “I couldn’t stand or sit straight. I kept vomiting and had a headache,” said Joy. Joy and her wife live near…
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