Heart & Vascular Patient Testimonials
Charles Baird: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
“I was shopping with my wife, Evaun, at Jackson Crossing in preparation for a trip to northern Michigan. I noticed Allegiance Health was sponsoring a Health Fair and decided to take advantage of the free vascular screenings—which almost certainly saved my life.” Read Charles' story »
William Bond: Cardiac Catheterization and Open-Heart Surgery
William Bond loves to travel, especially to Arizona, where several of his family members live. But the Arizona trip he’d planned for October was unexpectedly cancelled, due to chest pain that led him to the Allegiance Heart and Vascular Center for open-heart surgery. Read William's story »
Tricia Fisher: Vascular Surgery
Twenty-four-year-old Tricia Fisher is a runner who prefers the outdoors to a gym. She works nights as an RN and used to enjoy a good run in the morning after work. But she began experiencing pain and heaviness in her legs, caused by varicose veins that first appeared when she was a junior in high school. Read Tricia's story »
Jim Frodert: Open-Heart Surgery
Jim Froedtert of Jackson is very happy to be alive and able to spend time with his grandchildren. Lifesaving open-heart surgery at Allegiance Health helped make that possible. Read Jim's story »
Ken Hill: Aortic Aneurysm
Three years ago, Michigan Center resident Ken Hill read a newspaper article about a free Allegiance Health vascular screening. Though he didn’t have any symptoms or suspect any problems with his health, Ken decided to go. Read Ken's story »
Denny Kerwin: Cardiac Catheterization & Open-Heart Surgery
Early one October morning Denny began having chest pain. He immediately took two aspirin but started feeling cold and clammy, so he drove himself to Allegiance Health’s Emergency Department. Within 30 minutes, Denny had a cardiac catheterization procedure and within three hours he was having emergency cardiac bypass surgery. Read Denny's story »
Mary Koreen: Open-Heart Surgery
Mary Koreen loves cooking, baking and entertaining her family. She’s enjoying these things even more now, since she had lifesaving heart surgery at Allegiance Health. Read Mary's story »
Jim McCann: Open-Heart Surgery
After having a successful open-heart surgery at the Allegiance Heart and Vascular Center, Jim McCann is enjoying time with his grandchildren more than ever. He appreciates having the stamina to work early morning hours at the European Bakery and still have the energy to take the kids bowling. Read Jim's story »
Diana Pitts: Open-Heart Surgery
Diana Pitts is a passionate fan of the Detroit Tigers baseball team and frequently travels to away games with four of her friends. But shortness of breath and a lack of energy was beginning to make it difficult just to climb the bleachers. Diana chalked it all up to getting older and tried to make the best of it. Read Diana's story »
Scott Salow: Cardiac Catheterization and Open-Heart Surgery
Scott Salow is the principal
at Homer Middle School and coach of their baseball team. He is also one of the youngest people to have
open-heart surgery at the Allegiance Heart and Vascular Center. Read Scott's story »
James Stepper: Open-Heart Surgery
James Stepper is an adventurer who enjoys downhill biking, mountain biking and creating exotic recipes with the Morel mushrooms he hunts every spring. At just 41, James is looking at life differently since his recent open-heart surgery at Allegiance Health. Read James's story »
Ruth Wyatt: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Eighty-one-year-old Ruth Wyatt was fortunate to have stomach pain severe enough to send her to her family doctor, Gregory Lapinski, MD. That visit led to the diagnosis of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Read Ruth's story »