The American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout is a day where you are asked to quit smoking for 24 hours in hopes that you will decide to quit for life! No. 1: Know why you want to quit. So you want to quit smoking, but do you know why? “Because it’s bad for you” isn’t…
Read MoreCongratulations to Margaret Gonzalez, RN from the Pediatric Unit. Margaret is the seventh recipient of the DAISY Award at Little Company of Mary Hospital! What Is The DAISY Award? – The DAISY Award is an international program that rewards and celebrates the extraordinary clinical skill and compassionate care given by nurses everyday. Little Company of Mary Hospital is…
Read MoreLittle Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers invites members of the community to become a Hospice Volunteer. The Hospice Program provides compassionate care to patients with a terminal diagnosis. Patients are cared for in their homes surrounded by the people who love them. The Hospice program at Little Company of Mary is one…
Read MoreLittle Company of Mary Hospital (LCMH) has received the prestigious honor of being internationally recognized as a Baby-Friendly birth facility by Baby-Friendly USA. There are 150 designated Baby-Friendly hospitals and birth centers in the United States and 20,000 worldwide. LCMH is the third Baby-Friendly hospital and birth center in the state of Illinois and the…
Read MoreLife began on January 1964 for Kimberly Patton at Little Company of Mary Hospital. Ironically, 47 years later, on her birthday, Kim found herself receiving chemotherapy to prolong her life at Little Company of Mary ‘s Cancer Center. Kim was diagnosed with stage two HER2-positive breast cancer. HER2-positive breast cancer tends to be more aggressive…
Read MoreAs another Valentine’s Day approaches, let’s take a moment to remind ourselves that as nice as candy, flowers and dinner reservations may be, true love does not require any of that. In fact, sometimes it’s expressed through sutures, intravenous lines and long, long hours.“It’s not chocolate or diamonds or material things that make a marriage…
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This was a great article celebrating the institution of marriage!! Marriage ROCKS!! This is very encouraging to younger married couples!…