Sue Thoms is a writer and storyteller who joined Health Beat after a 30-year career at The Grand Rapids Press. She loves writing stories that shine a light on the resilience and beauty of the human spirit. In addition to medical features, she writes fiction and has published six picture books for children. Michigan born and raised, Sue enjoys exploring the state with her family―especially the lakes, sand dunes and ski hills. Contact her at susan.thoms@spectrumhealth.org.
After a car crashed through a store and struck Elias Dababneh, it took a team to save his life and set him on the road to recovery.
When she went to a hockey game promoting stroke awareness, Nancy Weeks never imagined she would soon become a living example of early detection and treatment.
A Saugatuck woman with an aneurysm deep in her brain benefits from a new surgical technique.
JJ Smith’s parents moved to a new home and found new doctors—all to save their son.
The event supporting colorectal cancer awareness drew nearly 3,500 runners.
An Ionia man becomes the first in Michigan to undergo an innovative new treatment for severe emphysema.
When Lester Cramer developed a blockage in his carotid artery, his surgeons used a new technique shown to reduce risk of strokes.
Surviving sudden cardiac arrest, 17-year-old Luke Anhalt discovers new insights into sports, life and faith.
Una adolescente de Honduras se traslada a una enorme distancia para un procedimiento especializado de ablación.
Jada's team goes to great lengths to keep her safe from germs, while hoping a thymus transplant will at last help her develop an immune system.
A teenage girl from Honduras travels far from home for a highly specialized ablation procedure.
As Sid Sybenga lay in critical condition following a cardiac arrest, an innovative lung treatment gave his family hope for his recovery.
