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July 28, 2017

Planned Giving Provides Pathways For Lasting Legacies

Sylvia Adessa and her husband, Phil, had always planned to leave an estate gift in their will for their children to distribute on their behalf. Because Sylvia had been employed as ThedaCare’s community hospice foundation coordinator, it was an easy choice for them to name the foundation as one of their recipients.

July 17, 2017

Prepare Before The First Day of Practice

It is a problem Gary Premo has seen before: It’s the first day of football practice and a player is not properly prepared for the work or the weather and becomes dehydrated.

July 14, 2017

Decades of Dedication

Battlefield proven, George Vidalakis, MD, has endured the challenges and victories of emergency medicine for more than three decades.

July 13, 2017

ThedaCare feels like home to Stephanie LPN

Some say nursing is the heart of healthcare. Stephanie, licensed practical nurse (LPN) at ThedaCare Physicians–Shawano, couldn’t agree more. “Nursing is my passion,” said Stephanie. “I love working with the patients.”

Cancer Survivor Uses Experience As Opportunity

When Cheri Leonard was celebrating her 13th wedding anniversary with her husband, they joked that something bad would happen that year because of the superstitious number. “I said, ‘I’m going to get breast cancer,’” she recalled.

July 12, 2017

Healthy Tips for Travelers

Making healthy choices at home and work can be relatively easy compared to traveling. When you are on the road, you have a lot less control over the quality of your meals, snacks, exercise, and sleep.

ThedaCare Honored For Technology Use

The innovative use of technology to deliver care to patients where they need it helped ThedaCare be recognized again among the nation’s best when it comes to using technology.

Dean and Ann Einspahr

Dean and Ann Einspahr moved to The Heritage because it was getting difficult for them to maintain their home. In addition, their two children live in California and Florida and were not available to help.

July 11, 2017

Beacons of Strength for Each Other

ThedaStar had the opportunity and privilege to care for two “diamonds” in the rough when their car left a country road in Shawano County at highway speed, became airborne and struck a fieldstone fence on October 5, 2016.


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