Jan 26, 2022 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Chuck Westendorf still remembers the horrifying feeling of having “uneven legs” after hip replacement surgery. “I knew immediately something was wrong,” Westendorf said. “It was as if I grew almost two inches. When I sat, you could see my right knee was about two...
Jan 26, 2022 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
For Joanne Karas, every step meant pain. Born with a congenital hip defect, she underwent surgery at 12 months old and she felt fine until she reached her 40s. After an initial hip replacement, the pain returned and one leg had become noticeably shorter than the...
Jan 22, 2022 | Heart Care, News, Patient Stories
Lance Lewis was cheering at his son’s basketball game three years ago when suddenly, he collapsed. A massive heart attack had taken control of his body. He then spent three long, challenging months after his heart attack exercising in Weiss Memorial Hospital’s Cardiac...
Feb 16, 2021 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Darcy Jo Wood, 34—billed as “a little lady with a BIG voice”—is not used to an idle life. The professional singer, musician, actress, and producer, usually tours more than 200 days a year with her Chicago-based group, “The Lovettes”, in rollicking retrospective...
Nov 10, 2020 | News, Patient Stories
As an artist and tai chi instructor, 80-year-old Paula Weiner was used to leading an active life. Even a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease in 2009 didn’t stop her from teaching or taking daily walks. Then a bad fall and infection left her weak and unable to walk. In...
Nov 2, 2020 | News, Patient Stories
Some of the toughest work in Weiss Hospital happens in the 4th floor rehabilitation room. But it’s also the source of countless success stories—and lots of laughter. One morning this past winter, Wayne Vosgerau, who manages a limo company in Chicago, sat on a padded...
