A HealthBeat Special Series

Inspire

Spectrum Health makes it easy and fulfilling for people to achieve their best health.

Patient Story

‘It’s like a weight off my shoulders’

Pediatric palliative care team helps families navigate 'an incredibly confusing' medical world.

Patient Story

Lilly’s freedom

Lilly Vanden Bosch, 10, says good riddance to a nasty post-transplant virus.

Patient Story

Young at heart

After narrowly escaping death, heart transplant patient Fred Nelis will swim competitively in the Transplant Games.

Patient Story

‘An amazing, selfless act’

A teen’s need for a kidney transplant inspires a flood of volunteer donors.

Patient Story

‘Let’s rock this’

With poignancy, humor and a doctor’s insight, a cardiologist chronicles his battle with a life-threatening brain tumor.

Patient Story

Lilly’s hope

After bone marrow transplant complications, Lilly Vanden Bosch is heading to the Big Apple to participate in a promising clinical trial.

Patient Story

Unstoppable: The inspiring journey of Kiden Kee

'I’m different and I’m OK with that. I know that I’m pretty.'

Patient Story

‘Seeing the world for the first time’

Rare brain syndrome diagnosis provides clue to helping 20-month-old Connor Houghton’s vision.

Patient Story

Mom’s best friend becomes child’s lifesaver

“This is the kind of thing you do for people you care about,” says Brandy Tarrant, who donated a kidney to a girl she considers her niece.

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Patient Story

‘It pays to be patient’

Elusive at first, signs of a successful bone marrow transplant emerge at last.

Patient Story

‘How do you thank someone you have never met?’

Bone marrow transplant brings tears of joy.