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Lilah Newton in hospital bed

Lilah Newton, 10-year-old stroke survivor

ND family traveled 3 states to save daughter’s life and continue her recovery

Jason Anschutz ⋅ 15 min read

Resident gets dialysis

Good Samaritan Society opens on-site dialysis den

Matt Holsen ⋅ 4 min read

GSS resident gets dialysis at Sanford Health

Sanford Health, Society developing new hemodialysis den

Matt Holsen ⋅ 6 min read

Mom and son in Sanford Health hospital room

Young man receives pastor’s kidney, then mom pays it forward

Jason Anschutz ⋅ 8 min read

Dr. Adam Stys, in surgical mask and gown, consults a computer screen during a heart procedure.

Cardiologist’s math skills help keep patients off dialysis

Carson Walker ⋅ 7 min read

Jan Germundson stands next to Ashton Hanson, who received a kidney from Germundson, in his hospital room.

Hometown boy’s plight moves NICU nurse to donate kidney

Jan Germundson didn't know Ashton Hanson, but she felt called to help young teen

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 22 min read

women getting dialysis

Woman marks 30 years of 3-times-a-week dialysis

"It's like her part time job."

Jon Berg ⋅ 4 min read

don and mark beck smiling on couch

Man receives donated kidney through dialysis friendship

Donate Life Month is a time to celebrate organ donation's life-saving power

Kay Todd ⋅ 5 min read

michael labeau

Doctors’ Day: A time to give back

Barb Finneman and Donna Sorensen won’t forget the first time they met Michael LeBeau, M.D. They had rushed their mom, Darlene Huber, to Sanford Bismarck after an emergency room visit in their hometown of Hazen, North Dakota, revealed that her kidneys were failing, and she wouldn’t make it without intervention. Huber knew who could give […]

Kay Todd ⋅ 4 min read

kidney transplant dialysis: Jeff Prins and family laugh over coffee as their 3-year-old makes a funny face.

Kidney transplant, dialysis save life of Minnesota man

Jeff Prins is grateful for the person who chose to be an organ donor and the care of Sanford Health.

SHN Staff ⋅ 5 min read

Kidney transplant helps one woman beat the odds

Various health issues led doctors to believe Ginny Huettmann wouldn’t live to see 30.

SHN Staff ⋅ 6 min read