My Boone Health Winter 2012

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Boone Hospital Center’s mission is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

Dan Rothery President

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5 .............................................. A Note From Boone Hospital President Dan Rothery 6 .................................................................................................... myBoone Health Stories 8 .............................................................................................................. Hospital Headlines 11................................................................................. Happy Birthday, Boone Hospital 12....................................................................................................................... A Look Back 14....................................... Respiratory Therapist Shines Light On Genetic Disease 15...................................................................................................... The Gift Of Relaxation 16......................................................... Mizzou Tigers Honor Boone Hospital Patients 18........................................................................................................ Cutting Edge Surgery 20 ........................................................................................................ Get Moving In 2012 22 ............................................................................................................ Helping In Ghana 24 ....................................................................................................... The Family Business 26 .................................................................. Finding Comfort In Home Hospice Care 28 ........................................................................ Apps For Your New Years Resolution 29 ............................................................... Photo Contest Showcases Staff Creativity 30 ............................................................................................. The Many Faces Of Dallas BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER Winter 2012

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Note From Dan

90 Years Strong — Current Caregivers Reflect A Tradition Of Healing Dear Neighbor,

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Dan Rothery President Boone Hospital Center

ou might have heard we are celebrating Boone Hospital Center’s 90th anniversary — it’s our birthday.

Our hospital held its grand opening on Dec. 10, 1921.

That day, most of the guests arrived on foot or by horse and buggy; there weren’t many cars around back then.

After the grand opening, it took three days for the first patient to arrive.

Then, on the hospital’s fourth day, the first surgery was performed. It was a hernia repair for a local plumber. He later paid for his hernia surgery by installing a scrub sink in the surgery room.

Today, Boone Hospital serves hundreds of patients each day and performs more than 1,000 surgeries each month. The original hospital had 40 beds. Today, we are licensed for 400. When we opened, there were six nurses and 21 other employees. Today, we are a staff of nearly 2,000.

Although we’ve grown, our commitment to service and excellence has never changed. We are a Magnet Hospital for Nursing Excellence and were named again this year among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals.

Those of us here today, myself included, know we didn’t create this success ourselves. We are just humble servants, just the current generation of a long line of stewards that stretches all the way back to 1921.

When I walk through the hospital today and visit with our staff and physicians, I feel certain we are continuing the tradition of care established here over the last 90 years. Our hospital today is as strong as ever.

So to everyone serving today, and to the generations who came before us, I’d like to wish you all a happy birthday. Happy 90th birthday, Boone Hospital.

Daniel J. Rothery

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myBoone Health Stories Visit myBooneHealth.com To Read More — And Share Your Own Story With God’s Help And A Warrior’s Heart

By Sam Fleury, Jefferson City

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ou’ve come this far, why stop now?” Never have those words been truer than during the days, weeks and months following March 15, 2011. God has been so good to us, and the prayers of family, friends and the graciousness of everyone the last six months has blown us away.

With that said, I wanted to tell Annie’s (my wife) story to give you a better understanding of the fight she has displayed and the obstacles she has overcome.

She came into Boone Hospital on Monday morning, March 14, for a routine gall bladder removal/hernia repair. The surgery went well, and all seemed to be progressing accordingly on the surface, but internally, something was not right.

Starting around 8:30 p.m. on the 14th, she said continually that she did not feel right and as her pain increased, her blood pressure decreased. Her surgery team came back in around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15.

The outstanding staff at the hospital recognized she was experiencing internal bleeding, and she would have to be taken back into the operating room to locate the issue. She was in such pain, her lungs were locking up and we eventually found out she was drowning in her own blood.

Dr. Suppes (her surgeon) came out of the OR around 7 a.m. and said they extracted six units of blood from her abdomen, but they were unable to locate the source of the bleed. However, she was confident Annie

would be able to stabilize. We were relieved beyond words, but things went downhill quickly again.

Annie began bleeding internally once again and eventually was functioning entirely on transfused blood. She had little to no blood pressure at one time or another during the next three hours, but she continued to fight and the team of doctors continued to work their tails off.

At one point, they had 10 to 12 doctors, nurses and staff working on her including Dr. Wade Schondelmeyer, Dr. Muhammed Jarbou, Dr. Mike Trendle, nurse Heather Bisges and so many more. She says she thought at one point she had died, but they kept working their miracle and something kept her here.

We honestly believe it was the thoughts and prayers of all of our friends and family that were there that morning that kept her with us. She has so much fight and has so much to live for (kids, me, family, friends and great culinary dishes she hasn’t dreamed up yet) that she has been and is making remarkable steps toward complete recovery.

We have known that she has some sort of connective tissue/blood disorder the last two-and-a-half years, but have treated those issues accordingly thanks to the work of all of her doctors and the perseverance of friends and family.

This series of unfortunate events has been a test for us and will continue to be as we work toward increasing her strength and endurance and reducing the pain she is in on a daily basis. However, we have also drawn inspiration and increased faith during this journey, and it has shown us that we need to enjoy each and every day together.

Her battle continues, but she has the heart of a warrior and the backing of so many. Thanks for your continued prayers and we have come this far, and have no plans of stopping now!

“After coming to Boone, I will never go anywhere else!

The docs care. You are in fast and are good.” By Aaron Murray, Hartsburg 6

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All Aboard! Weight Loss Allows Woman To Ride Zoo Train

By Bev Semar, Columbia

For Columbia Woman, Harris Breast Center Takes The Pain Out Of Mammography

By Kathy Moss, Columbia

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ne of the turning points in my decision to fight to have a Lap-Band was the day I could not get on the train at the St. Louis Zoo. We went to the zoo last week and I got on the train! It was a very emotional moment for me. People were looking at me because I had tears rolling down my cheeks. I really wanted to stand up and scream but I didn’t want to scare anyone. My next goal is to see 100 pounds of weight loss — I am close, but not there yet, but I know that is right around the corner too!

Dad Appreciates Boone’s Helpful Staff And Improved Facilities

By John Nielsen, Fulton

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y wife and I just checked in to deliver our second baby! Our experience thus far has been awesome.

The rooms are clean and organized; the staff has been very helpful also! I love Boone Hospital and look forward to our coming days here. Thank you for your improvements to not only the hospital but also the parking!

had an amazing experience at the Harris Breast Center recently, and just had to write to tell you about it! Previous mammograms have always been very painful for me — to the point where I would become faint.

I understand the importance of routine screening, though, so I cooperate with this annual experience.

Last month, I arrived for my mammogram and was warmly greeted

by Katie Abbott. She was welcoming and discreet as she gathered necessary information. Before I could finish drinking my cup of hot tea (nice!), I was escorted to the dressing room.

When Marsha told me she was finished obtaining my images, I couldn’t believe how pain-free the procedure had been this time!

When I commented on my experience, she first checked the images to make sure they were of good quality*, then described the technique she used which might have reduced my pain.

Fourteen minutes after arriving at the Harris Breast Center, I was back in my car.

I shared my positive experience with a friend of mine who has previously refused annual mammograms due to the discomfort.

Many thanks to Katie and Marsha for transforming this experience for me!

Here’s to health! *I have since received a postcard indicating that the images did not reveal any abnormality.

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Hospital Headlines News From Your Boone Hospital Center

Walk Is Good For The Heart This year, Boone Hospital Center and University Hospital teamed up to fight heart disease at the annual Columbia Heart Walk. About 200 people came to Stephens Lake Park for the event on Sat., Oct. 29.

The hospitals cosponsored a team called Healthy Neighbors Walking.

Bag pipers led the walk and participants could walk or run a short or long course and enjoy educational materials and giveaways.

Obesity Summit Shares Weight Loss Insights

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n Oct. 29, Boone Hospital Center and Columbia Bariatric Associates hosted the 2011 Obesity Summit. Gary Taubes, author of “Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It,” and “Good Calories, Bad Calories: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom of Diet, Weight Control and Disease,” spoke to an audience of 110 people.

James Pitt, D.O., medical director of the BHC’s Weight Loss Surgery Program presented on the services offered at Boone. Wendi Wood, a Boone Hospital weight loss surgery patient, also shared her success story.

All attendees also enjoyed a free breakfast and health screening.

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Latest PET/CT Scanner Will Lead To More Cures

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new cutting-edge PET/ CT scanner at Boone Hospital Center will help diagnose cancers and other illnesses months sooner than previously possible — meaning a greater chance for better patient outcomes.

Boone Hospital recently installed a Siemens Biograph mCT scanner inside the hospital’s Outpatient Services wing.

The device integrates ultra high definition Position Emission Tomography (PET) and 64-slice Computed Tomography (CT) scans into a single machine. The greater image clarity will allow physicians

to spot potential problems that before were practically invisible. For example, physicians will now be able to see cancerous lesions just millimeters in size, a stage when finding a cure is much more likely.

“The smaller a cancer is, the better chance you have of beating it,” said David Brummett, M.D., a radiologist at Boone Hospital. “This scanner can pick up cancers that are significantly smaller than what we have been able to detect previously.”

The new PET/CT was a $2.8 million investment for the hospital.

In addition to the diagnosis benefits, the new scanner also greatly enhances

patient comfort. Scans that before would have taken more than an hour can now be completed in less than half the time. The new PET/CT also has a large opening, reducing claustrophobia concerns and allowing larger patients to access its benefits.

“We are very excited about the new scanner. This is truly the latest in technology for imaging and the most advanced PET scanner available,” Brummett said. “Bringing this device to Boone Hospital represents a tremendous improvement in technology for our patients and will benefit the entire community.”

Cardiac Rehab Celebrates 30 Years

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ctober marked the 30th anniversary of Boone Hospital’s Cardiac Rehab program. Founded in 1981, it was the first service of its kind in midMissouri. Since opening its doors, the program has taught thousands how to exercise, eat and manage the stress of carotid arteries and other heart conditions.

Although the facility has seen dramatic improvements in machinery, research and resources, the basic philosophy of managing weight and stress has not changed. Clients return weekly, or sometimes more often, to get individual attention from the staff.

These bonds sometimes last years and even after the recommended program is complete; many return year after year for a follow up.

The Cardiac Rehab staff loves seeing the friendly faces return and helping people prevent future heart problems and events.

Radiology Clinic Moves To New Location

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oone Hospital Center’s Radiology Clinic recently moved to a new location on Keene Street. The new location will provide the same great service in a more modern, relaxing environment for patients. The radiology clinic offers a wide array of general

radiology services, including scans of the chest, abdomen, pelvis, head, neck, joints, spine and extremities.

The clinic is now located at 303 Keene St. in Suite 302. It’s open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, contact the clinic at 573-4422349.

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Meet The Stars

Real Patients From Boone Hospital Shine In New Commercials

Renewed focus

A healthier heart

Following his passion

Glenn Chambers is a well-known nature photographer. He’s also had three open-heart surgeries. In 1998, Glenn began experiencing claudication, which caused pain in his legs and made it hard for him to hike to the remote locations required for his photography.

With help from Boone Hospital’s Cardiac Rehab service, Glenn followed an exercise program and is now able to spend more time walking outdoors and focusing on his photography.

Pam Lessley went to the dentist because she was experiencing jaw pain. After a few trips to the doctor and some testing, Pam was surprised to learn she had three arteries 98 percent blocked.

After a triple bypass surgery, Pam worked with Boone Hospital’s Cardiac Rehab and WELLAWARE services to learn to eat properly, exercise and manage her stress. Today, she’s much healthier and helps educate mid-Missourians about the dangers of heart disease.

Mike Mountjoy is an avid bicyclist but in 2009, Mike’s annual PSA prostate test showed unusual results. His doctor sent him to a local urologist for a biopsy, and Mike was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He later had his prostate surgically removed with Boone Hospital’s da Vinci robot.

Just six and a half weeks after the surgery, Mike was cancer free and back on his bike, participating in a bike ride through the mountainous terrain of Colorado.

Saving a mother

Finding hope

Back on her feet

In 2010, Monica Lee gave birth to her daughter, Evalyn, at Boone Hospital Center. But after her C-section, Monica mysteriously began losing blood.

A team of physicians and nurses worked for seven hours to stop the bleeding and stabilize Monica.

Today, Monica and her husband, Noppadol Paothong, are proud parents and credit Boone Hospital for saving Monica’s life.

Debi Hake was diagnosed with breast cancer at the unusually young age of 31. To keep mentally and physically strong, Debi worked with a personal trainer during her rounds of chemotherapy.

Her trainer suggested she compete in the 2011 TriZou Triathlon. After some convincing, she eventually agreed and successfully completed the race. Two days later, she learned she was cancer-free.

Birdie Rhodes traveled from Clarksville, Tenn., to have both of her knees replaced at Boone Hospital Center. Birdie’s daughter is a nurse at Boone, and wanted her mom to have the best care possible.

Birdie said she was very impressed with the doctors and staff at Boone Hospital. With their care, she’s back on her feet and back to an active lifestyle.

“Thanks to you, I can focus on doing what I love. And I wanted to say, Happy Birthday.”

-Glenn Chambers

“Thanks to you, I’m here with the people I love.

Happy Birthday, Boone Hospital.”

-Monica Lee

“When my heart was broken, you put me back together. Happy Birthday, Boone Hospital.”

-Pam Lessley

“In my darkest days, you helped me find hope.

Happy 90th Birthday.”

-Debi Hake

“Now I’m following my passion, wherever it takes me. Happy Birthday, Boone Hospital.”

-Mike Mountjoy

“With you beside me, I’m back on my feet again. Happy Birthday, Boone Hospital.”

-Birdie Rhodes

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A Look Back

The Original Boone County Hospital Was A Community Project Years In The Making

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he history books describe it as a cold Saturday afternoon with a whistling wind.

Buggies and cars were parked on both sides of the streets for blocks around. People squeezed inside the doorway and crowded through the main corridor and up the stairway.

It was Dec. 10, 1921, and midMissourians were getting to see their Boone County Hospital for the first time.

The guests admired the hospital’s immaculately polished tile floors — except for the X-ray room, which had a wooden floor to reduce the chance the operator would be electrocuted. Local residents and organizations made donations to furnish the 40 patient rooms and a sun parlor, which had a wicker furniture set.

There were refreshments, remarks, songs and a piano solo. It was a festive day. Boone Hospital was finally open.

The story of Boone Hospital actually began four years earlier, in 1917. That year, the Missouri General Assembly passed a law allowing counties to issue bonds to fund the construction of health facilities.

Among the law’s strongest proponents was Dr. Frank Nifong, who would later become Boone Hospital’s first medical chief of staff.

Boone County forged ahead with the idea. Then, on April 29, 1919, county residents approved a plan to spend $100,000 to construct a hospital. The supportive vote had been bolstered by full-page ads in county newspapers asking residents to consider, “What is your life worth?”

Following the success at the polls, five men were appointed as the first Boone Hospital Board of Trustees. They were Chairman Hartley Hopson Banks, president of the Columbia Savings Bank; Secretary North Todd Gentry, a Columbia judge; Thomas P. Brown, of Hallsville; William O. Ellis, of Cedar Township; and Dennis Spelman, of Sturgeon.

Among their first tasks was selecting a site for the hospital. The board of trustees received dozens of letters proposing more than 40 different sites.

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As they reviewed each site proposal, the trustees received a surprise proposal from the University of Missouri to build the hospital on the university’s campus and partner with the university’s existing Parker Hospital. The trustees respectfully declined, preferring to keep the hospital independent.

The trustees eventually settled on purchasing four acres along East Broadway from H.H. Tandy for $10,000. This would become the Boone Hospital campus.

In August 1919, the trustees selected an architect. By October, they were receiving bids from contractors to build a 20-bed hospital.

However, the first round of bids all came in over budget. The trustees then decided to revise their plans and instead ask the public for an additional $75,000 in bonds to build a 40-bed hospital.

In the spring of 1920, the bonds were approved and construction officially began on May 30.

Work progressed throughout 1920 and 1921. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding declared that May 3 was Hospital Day. In honor of the day, Boone County officials toured the hospital construction site.

Boone Hospital also marked the occasion by distributing a pamphlet across the community highlighting the services Boone Hospital would provide and the support that was needed. The pamphlet was entitled, “Boone County Hospital: What It

Is, What It Needs and What It Can Do.” In August of 1921, as the hospital began nearing completion, Nurse Eleanor Keely was hired as the hospital’s first administrator. The rest of the hospital’s caregivers and support staff were hired in the months leading up to the grand opening on Dec. 10.

At the hospital’s opening there were six nurses and 21 other employees.

The first two patients arrived at Boone Hospital on Dec. 13 and 14. Then, on Christmas Eve, the hospital marked another significant first when the first baby was delivered at the hospital.

David Etheridge became the first Boone Baby, born to William and Fannie Etheridge.

While the hospital has grown and expanded many times over the decades, the original building that opened 90 years ago is still in use today.

In October 2011, as Boone Hospital prepared to mark its 90th birthday, the hospital’s long history of service in midMissouri was publicly recognized by the Boone County Historical Society.

The society named Boone Hospital, and Dr. Nifong, to its Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Oct. 6. By Jacob Luecke The facts for this story come from The History of Boone Hospital Center, by David Smith, published in 1996.

Left: The first Board of Trustees Opposite page, clockwise from top: An early surgery suite; Boone Hospital in 1921; the hospital lobby; Nurse Elenor Keely; Dr. Frank Nifong

The original building that opened 90 years ago is still in use today.

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Alpha’s Voice

Respiratory Therapist Shines Light On Genetic Disease

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mber Behrendt is a respiratory therapist at Boone Hospital who was surprised to learn about a genetic disease that caused irreparable damage to lungs, eventually leading to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, often called COPD. The disease is known as Alpha 1.

Behrendt, along with her friend and Boone nurse Jennifer Wyatt, co-founded of a nonprofit organization called Alpha’s Voice, which provides free testing for the public and support for people who test positive for Alpha 1.

Wyatt’s uncle lost his life only six months after testing positive for Alpha 1. Behrendt and Wyatt were worried their colleagues did not have enough information to recommend testing or provide care to people who have the disease.

“When I first found out about it, I started testing people in my family and we found five carriers,” Behrendt said. “My grandfather passed away from COPD and by tracing the genetics back, we found out he was a carrier. It’s sad to me that I was not able to help him out.”

“Most people don’t find out they have Alpha 1 until they see the signs or symptoms.”

– Amber Behrendt The pair traveled to conferences and read everything they could find to educate themselves. Now they work with Mohammad Jarbou, M.D.D, and other respiratory therapists to provide support for patients who test positive.

Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, as it is officially known, is a genetic condition that affects the liver or the lungs. Alpha 1 is a protein that is mainly produced in the liver, then secreted through the blood stream, which transports it to the lungs.

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People who are born deficient of Alpha 1 don’t have enough protection for their lungs. During the course of many years, the lungs deteriorate from smoking, irritants, chemicals or pollution. The same protein can also back up into the liver and cause different problems, such as jaundice.

“Most people don’t find out they have Alpha 1 until they see signs or symptoms,” Behrendt said. “By then you’ve already had so much damage done to the lungs that you don’t have as many choices along the lines of treatment.”

Since the disease is genetic, early detection is key to preventing lung and liver damage.

Behrendt and Wyatt encourage people with COPD or a family history of lung disease to get tested. A test involves a simple finger-prick.

Amber Behrendt performs a blood test for Alpha 1.

Treatments are available for people who test positive for Alpha 1. The type of treatment depends on the level of damage in the lungs and liver. Two of the options include blood infusion therapy and, ultimately, a lung or liver transplant.

Alpha’s Voice offers free testing with the help of Boone Hospital and other sponsors. If a person tests positive, Behrendt and Wyatt work with him or her to find a physician and other support.

“My nephew was 4 at the time he was diagnosed,” Behrendt said. “I feel like we can offer him better choices and monitor him to see how he does and hopefully stay ahead of it.”

By Shannon Whitney

The Gift Of Relaxation Massage Therapist Serves Alongside Boone’s Caregivers

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ears ago, searching for someone to relieve foot pain, Ruth Anne Spotts heard about a local farm woman who might be able to help.

“My mom knew this woman and heard she could do something with your feet,” she said. “I thought it would be interesting.”

Expecting a foot rub, Spotts went to meet the woman, who turned out to be a part-time practitioner of reflexology — an ancient healing art. The practice works to relieve tension and promote circulation throughout the entire body by placing pressure on reflex points in the feet.

After her session, Spotts was amazed by the soothing nature of the massage and the difference she felt. She was determined to learn about this practice.

“I was fascinated. I was hooked,” she said. “It changed my view of life and helped me to realize that we have more control over our health than we realize.”

This initial exposure to ancient medicine also helped chart a new path for her life.

She began studying massage techniques and practicing on family and friends. She later attended massage school and received national certification and state licensure.

Today, Spotts works at Boone Hospital Center and at the WELLAWARE Fitness Center. She uses a variety of massage practices to help relax patients, relieve pain and create a healing environment for the work done by Boone’s doctors, nurses and other caregivers.

It’s no secret that hospitalization can be a time of anxiety for patients. They might be in pain, undergoing tests, having blood drawn, waiting for results and dealing with worried family members.

Spotts comes into this environment and brings a sense of calm. When she enters a patient’s room, she lowers the lights, turns on the Care Channel with soft music and asks the patient to sink into the bed. She then uses her warm hands and lotion to give a full-body massage, without the patient having to move.

She said she can always tell the moment when her work is taking effect.

“As they take a breath, often I’ll hear a deep exhale, and I’ll know the brain has switched into a state of relaxation,” she said.

In this relaxed state, the brain triggers the release of certain chemicals that can help relieve pain and encourage the body to become more accepting of medical treatments.

Ruth Anne Spotts uses a variety of massage practices to help patients relax.

To see the difference she makes, she often asks patients to rate their pain from 0-10 both before and after receiving a massage. Patients almost always report feeling significantly less pain afterward. Often, patients fall asleep during the treatment.

“It really settles people down, lowers their pain levels and just helps them tremendously,” Spotts said.

In addition to traditional massages, Spotts has a number of other techniques she can use to help patients relax, including aromatherapy, foot massage and guided imagery. She can also perform healing touch techniques, which involve manipulating energy fields without even touching the patient. Boone Hospital patients who have had the healing touch technique have said it makes a difference.

Although she sometimes faces skepticism about the role of massage in health care, she said more people are coming to understand how her work assists the medical treatments happening at Boone Hospital.

“I see people becoming more open to it,” she said. “I’ve even treated doctors with massage and healing touch.”

One of her recent patients was Ken Boles of Columbia. Boles, a busy

entrepreneur who develops iPhone apps, was at Boone Hospital Center awaiting a bypass surgery.

Before the massage, he said he felt some anxiety about how the surgery could slow him down afterward — he wouldn’t be allowed to drive for 4-6 weeks.

Spotts had Boles relax in bed as she massaged the sides of his head, then down his shoulders, arms, back, legs and feet.

After the massage, Boles said he felt relaxed and his body was, “like a wet noodle.”

Spotts said having this kind of effect on patients is what makes her role in health care enjoyable.

“It’s very satisfying to be able to do this and make a difference,” she said. “It’s just gratifying to give them some peaceful time.”

By Jacob Luecke

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David Fansler

Pam Lessley

JoAnn Wilson

Abbie & Maggie Wax with parents David and Laura

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t each home football game this year, Boone Hospital Center and the Mizzou Tigers teamed up to honor a patient who had made an amazing recovery.

The Tigers finished the season 5-1 in games where a Boone Hospital patient was named honorary captain.

“In mid-Missouri, Mizzou Tigers football games are some of the biggest events of the year,” said Ben Cornelius, Boone Hospital manager of marketing and communications. “Partnering with the team to honor our patients was a great way to showcase the service our caregivers provide here each day.”

2011 Honorary Captains In 2010, David Fansler had a stroke. Boone Hospital Center therapists helped him recover his strength and relearn how to walk, talk and use his right arm.

Fansler says that Boone Hospital gave him his life back.

Wendi Wood

A year ago, Columbian Debi Hake had breast cancer and was enduring chemotherapy. Debi amazed her doctors when she decided to race a full triathlon. This spring, she successfully completed the TriZou Triathlon and learned she is now cancer-free.

In 2009, a routine colonoscopy at Boone Hospital revealed JoAnn Wilson of Columbia had stage-three colon cancer requiring surgery and chemotherapy.

Today, JoAnn is in remission. A simple colonoscopy saved her life.

Abbie and Maggie Wax are miracle babies. The twins were born 13 weeks premature and weighed less than two pounds. Parents Laura and David put their little girls’ lives in the hands of the staff and physicians at the Boone Family Birthplace. Today, the twins are healthy toddlers.

When Pam Lessley had jaw pain, she was surprised to learn it was caused by her heart - three of her arteries were 98 percent blocked. After a triple bypass surgery, Boone Hospital caregivers taught Pam how to eat properly, exercise and manage her stress. Today, Pam shares her personal story to teach midMissourians about the dangers of heart disease.

Just three years ago, Wendi Wood weighed more than 300 pounds. But weight loss surgery at Boone Hospital has helped Wendi cut her weight in half. Now, she’s as fit as a Golden Girl and has even completed a half marathon.

by Jacob Luecke

Dr. Jake Laks stands outside Boone Hospital Center.

Cutting Edge Surgery

Boone Surgeon Performs Advanced Procedure To Remove Cancerous Tumor

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on Squires had an unusual rumble in his stomach.

It happened almost every day, and often left him feeling nauseated. The rumble sometimes bothered him so much it became difficult to eat — a tough situation for a man who enjoys a good meal.

“Everything tasted like cardboard,” he said.

Then one day, Squires’ hand felt what seemed to be hard knot in his stomach.

He decided to get it checked out at Boone Hospital Center.

“They did a CT scan and that’s when they told me I had more than a knot,” said Squires, an environmental services technician at Boone Hospital. “It was a gastro-intestinal tumor.”

Additional tests showed the tumor was cancerous.

The size and location of the tumor — it stretched from Squires’ stomach to his spleen and pancreas — was going to require a tricky surgery with a potentially lengthy recovery.

The task of removing the cancer fell to Dr. Jake Laks, a surgeon who practices at Boone Hospital and is a member of Columbia Surgical Associates.

Laks studied Squires’ case alongside a multi-disciplinary team that serves on Boone Hospital’s Cancer Conference team. The team meets regularly to discuss complex cancer cases, share ideas and craft treatment plans.

“With our Cancer Conference, we are exceptionally good at collaboration,” Laks said. “For these complicated cases, we are very good at taking a multidisciplinary approach and talking to all groups to provide complete cancer care.”

With input from the conference team, Laks thought Squires’ tumor was a potential candidate for an advanced laparoscopic surgery. Laparoscopic techniques allow physicians to use special instruments to operate through much smaller incisions than a typical surgery.

The chief benefits of laparoscopic surgery

Dr. Jake Laks consults with patient Ron Squires.

are less pain for the patient, faster recovery and a smaller chance of infection.

While Boone Hospital surgeons have long been leaders in advancing the use of laparoscopic surgery in mid-Missouri, Squires’ surgery — a laparoscopic, handassisted distal pancreatectomy — would be one of the most complex laparoscopic surgeries ever attempted at Boone Hospital.

In fact, this procedure is rarely performed outside of the nation’s largest medical facilities.

Yet, when Laks shared his idea to try a laparoscopic approach, Squires had no hesitation.

“I said, ‘Let’s go. Let’s do this,’” Squires said.

Laks said he felt privileged to have Squires’ trust.

“That was just the most amazing thing; he was just so trusting of us,” Laks said.

“He put his faith in me, the surgical team and in Boone Hospital.”

On the day of the surgery, everything

went smoothly and the cancerous tumor was successfully removed. A few days later, Squires was back at home. Amazingly, he returned to work just eight weeks after surgery.

Performed without the laparoscopic technique, recovery time is usually much longer and more painful. Squires said the worst part was being on a liquid diet for three days after the surgery.

For Laks and Boone Hospital surgeons, the success will give them another reason to continue advancing laparoscopic surgery.

“Moving forward, we’ll attempt more and more of these laparoscopically,” Laks said.

Back to his normal routine after surviving cancer, Squires said he is feeling much better compared to last year. The surgery has helped him get back to enjoying some of life’s finer things — like pizza.

“I’m confident, happy and looking forward to getting back to eating good meals again,” he said.

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Get Moving In 2012

With New Renovations, Let Boone Be The Solution To Your New Year’s Resolution

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ocated in the lower level of Broadway Medical Plaza I, the WELLAWARE Fitness Center and Boone Therapy are now sporting a fresh new look.

This area was recently renovated with a bright décor including new paint, flooring, artwork and plants.

The exercise equipment has also been rearranged, allowing for more efficient use of floor space. In addition, the locker rooms were updated with new lockers, shower stalls, counter tops and fixtures.

The changes will benefit WELLAWARE members who come to work out in the gym as well as patients who utilize Boone Therapy, the hospital’s outpatient physical, occupational and speech therapy service.

The entire community is invited to join us as a WELLAWARE Fitness Center member and take advantage of assisted exercise services, personal training and massage therapy.

The more than 300 members who currently come to WELLAWARE enjoy a pleasant, noncompetitive exercise environment.

There are a variety of popular endurance exercise machines, as well as weight machines, classic free weights, kettlebells and exercise bands.

Although the quality equipment and new, fresh appearance of the facilities are great, the real gems are the caring, certified fitness instructors as well as physical, occupational, speech and massage therapists that are here to help folks at all levels of fitness and help prevent/treat injuries.

Their mission is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve.

For more information about becoming a WELLAWARE member call 573-8153876 or for Boone Therapy call 573-8153868. By Doug McDowell

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Find out more at boone.org/wellaware

Recipe For Improved Fitness To gain improved fitness, include: 3 30-60 minute sessions per week of cardio exercise (walk, run, swim, bike) 2 Strengthening sessions per week (weight lifting, weight machines, band exercise, yoga, Tai chi, personal training) 1 Dash of prevention with daily stretching of large muscle groups.

1 Motivational reward (massage to help manage your stress, personal training) Before starting any exercise program, please consult your physician. Set up a consistent schedule for your exercise times.

Increase your chances of success by varying activities, keeping an exercise log, or working with a buddy. If you have questions or recent injuries that are keeping you from getting started, contact our highly qualified staff.

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Helping In Ghana Boone Caregiver Spends Summer Improving Health Education In Cape Coast

Dixie Johnston, second from right, helped educate people in Ghana about HIV/AIDS.

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oone lab assistant Dixie Johnston spent a month in Cape Coast, Ghana, this summer. Through a University of Missouri program, Johnston worked with another student to hand out condoms and teach sex education.

“The aspect of doing something different, going somewhere most people don’t get to go, is what drew me to the program,” Johnston said.

She spent part of the trip working in clinics, testing expectant mothers for HIV, and educating them about the risks of the disease. Although English is the national language, Johnston and her partner worked with a translator to speak the local language, called Fanti.

“A lot of people don’t have any education at all. Probably 75 percent of the pregnant moms we tested in the clinic had never been to school in their lives,” said Johnston, as she spoke about the people she met.

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explained that many of the women were uncomfortable talking openly because their culture is so conservative. Most of the people Johnston worked with were not familiar with contraceptives or birth control.

Another cultural barrier Johnston faced

Dixie Johnston, left, makes a presentation while in Ghana.

was the people’s reluctance to seek medical attention.

“A lot of people there don’t really like to take medications and don’t care to know about different health problems because it’s more of a burden,” Johnston explained.

“They would rather just be ignorant about it and be sick.”

She was also surprised by the acceptance of mystical beliefs and witchcraft. Some people were more likely to believe tales and seek home remedies over medical treatment.

While testing people for HIV/AIDS, Johnston did simple blood draws just like she does at her job at Boone Hospital.

In Ghana, she was surprised to learn the health standards were completely different and much more laid back.

“There’s not sharps containers or anything like that,” Johnston said. “We wore one pair of gloves for the day because it was too expensive to change gloves between people.”

She said there is hardly any sanitation practice at all because of the poverty and expense of the supplies.

“When I was first there, I was like, I’m breaking every rule I’ve ever learned at the hospital,” Johnston said.

Now that she’s back to working in the Boone laboratory, she has a fresh perspective on health care and education.

“It made me take more time with patients,” she said. “The people that I work with say the only thing it’s changed about me it that I move slower now. I try to explain more to patients now, instead of just, ‘Hey, I’m going to draw your blood.’”

Some of the highlights of her trip included spending the weekends traveling and sightseeing. Johnston’s boyfriend was also on the trip to learn drumming and teach culture. While in Ghana, he proposed to her on the beach and she said yes.

She is currently studying physical therapy at Mizzou and would love to return to Ghana someday.

By Shannon Whitney

The Family Business Columbia Doctor Helps Couples Overcome Infertility

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ong ago, even before they were engaged, Jennifer and Chris Thoma shared a vision of what their family would someday look like.

“We talked about it when we were dating. Two kids would be perfect,” Jennifer said. “We wanted a boy and a girl.”

A few years after they were married, the couple decided it was time to get started on making their vision a reality. But that proved harder than expected.

Months of trying to conceive without success stretched into years of frustration.

The two, who live near Boonville, sought help from doctors in Columbia and elsewhere. They tried in vitro fertilization and other fertility techniques. Nothing worked.

“We had given up for it working for us at all,” Jennifer said.

So they turned to adoption. But this, too, led to years of waiting and disappointment. Their various efforts to adopt children from Missouri and China were unsuccessful.

By 2008, Jennifer and Chris had spent nearly a decade attempting to start a family, and still, there was no son or daughter.

Not ready to give up, they decided to try in vitro fertilization once more. They sought out a new doctor, Dr. Gil Wilshire, who had just begun practicing in Columbia two years earlier.

“We went through the process with Dr. Wilshire and he was pretty convincing that it was going to work out,” Jennifer said. “We put a lot of faith in that, but we were still a little skeptical.”

In July 2008, Wilshire surgically removed egg follicles from Jennifer’s ovaries. In a lab, an embryologist inseminated the follicles with semen from Chris. From this process, 10 embryos were created.

Two of these embryos were then transferred into Jennifer’s uterus. The remaining eight were frozen.

Then, two weeks later, an amazing call came from Dr. Wilshire’s office. Jennifer was pregnant.

“It was almost unbelievable,” Jennifer said.

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Dr. Gil Wilshire in his laboratory

Wilshire continued to oversee the pregnancy for the first trimester. When everything looked fine, Jennifer and Chris went to an obstetrician.

Then, on April 9, 2009, Jennifer delivered a son at Boone Hospital Center.

The moment was overwhelming.

After so many years and so much disappointment, she and Chris finally held a child in their arms.

They named him Casper, a name they had chosen a decade earlier.

“Seeing him was just an extraordinary moment for us,” Jennifer said. “There are pictures and you can see we’re just overjoyed.”

A photo of Casper hangs on a hallway wall inside Dr. Wilshire’s office.

It’s surrounded by hundreds of other photos showing babies he has helped bring into the world. To Wilshire, every photo is special.

“What makes this work so rewarding are those pictures,” he said. “Each one has a story.”

Wilshire went to medical school in New Jersey intending to become a plastic surgeon. But his outlook changed after spending two weeks on a rotation with a reproductive medicine team.

He saw how doctors could help couples through fertility issues. He watched how happy the patients became when it worked. He said it was like a light went off in his head.

“I knew this is what I want to do,” he said.

In 2006, he came to Columbia and joined Dr. Larry Penney’s clinic, MidMissouri Reproductive Medicine and Surgery. A few years later, Dr. Wilshire took over the practice.

While the clinic had a strong local reputation, Wilshire continued to push for improvement and better results. Today, the clinic’s success rates rival the best fertility clinics in the nation.

In 2010, 61 percent of the fertilized embryos Wilshire transferred into a mother’s uterus resulted in a live birth.

That’s an astounding achievement given that most clinics succeed less than 40 percent of the time.

Wilshire said his success, in part, comes from having a highly educated staff and the latest technology.

The amazing birth rates are also a product of his clinic’s intense attention to detail.

“We don’t rush our work. We don’t let any detail fall through the cracks,” Wilshire said. “In vitro fertilization is a chain. For it to work every link must be iron-clad strong. If you have one weak link, everything falls apart.”

From left, Casper, Chris and Jennifer Thoma

The clinic’s success rates rival the best fertility clinics in the nation.

His affiliation with Boone Hospital is also a strong asset in his work. Wilshire said he greatly appreciates the collaboration among the hospital’s medical staff.

“It’s a privilege to work at Boone. It’s a fantastic facility, from stem to stern,” Wilshire said. “It’s nice to know I have world class people that have my back.”

Another, perhaps intangible, factor to his success is the empathy Wilshire shares with his patients. He knows what it’s like to be in their situation.

Among the hundreds of baby photos lining the walls of his office are the two children that matter to him most — his sons, Hunter, 7, and Miles, nine months.

Both were conceived using the same in vitro fertilization techniques he practices each day.

“It helped me have two beautiful babies,” Wilshire said. “When patients come in, I tell them, ‘Whatever I ask you to do, I’ve done it myself.’”

For Jennifer and Chris, having their son, Casper, has changed their lives in wonderful ways.

“Being a father is better than I ever expected,” Chris said.

They say Casper is inquisitive and an entertainer. Even at 2 years old, he has a

knack for music. He likes to sing and play simple songs on his ukulele.

“I enjoy just listening to him and watching him,” Jennifer said. “He’s got quite a personality. He keeps us in stitches.”

Their success with Casper convinced the couple to try for a second child. After all, they had always wanted two.

With Wilshire’s help, Jennifer is pregnant again. This time, she and Chris are expecting a daughter, who they will

name Sadie. She was due to be born on Christmas Eve. When Sadie comes, their family will finally be complete.

While it was a long journey, Jennifer and Chris were eventually given what they had hoped for long ago — a son and a daughter.

“I feel like they made our dream come true,” Jennifer said. “We couldn’t have done it without them.”

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Going Home

Columbia Outdoorsman Finds Comfort In Home Hospice Care

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t was a warm early-summer day and all Doug Collins wanted to do was spend hours just driving around the old farm in Osceola.

The farm was always a place Doug visited when he needed to think about things, or make a tough decision. This time, he needed to say goodbye.

It was Memorial Day 2008, and Doug knew he had just weeks to live. Doug had pancreatic cancer. It was spreading out of control, and there was nothing more his doctors could do.

To ensure his last days were as comfortable and joyful as possible, Doug was referred to the hospice service provided

by Boone Hospital Home Care. Early on, a Boone social worker met with Doug to see if there was anything more he wanted to do before he died. There was only one thing — a final trip to his farm in Osceola.

The hospice caregivers gave their blessing for the trip. Days later, Doug was out on the farm with his wife Judy, and son Caleb.

They spent the day visiting all the places Doug loved since he was a boy — the family fishing pond, the crop fields, the bluff over the creek and the old oak tree.

When the day was over, Doug said his goodbyes and they drove back home to Columbia.

Doug was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000. It is a difficult cancer to diagnose because the symptoms often don’t appear until the cancer has spread throughout the liver. Or, sometimes, the symptoms match up with other, less fatal problems.

In Doug’s case, the first thing he noticed was severe itchiness. Luckily, doctors were able to catch his cancer early.

He had a Whipple surgery to remove Doug and Judy Collins. Doug, after a successful deer hunt. A memorial tree planted in Doug’s honor. Judy disassembles one of Doug’s old shirts to make a stuffed bear. Judy with the “PawPaw Bears” made from Doug’s shirts.

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the cancer and nearby tissues, buying him years of life.

Although the cancer later reemerged, it stayed dormant until 2007.

That year, Doug — life-long outdoorsman and hunter — gathered with his family and friends at the farm in Osceola for deer season. It turned out to be one to remember.

Everyone seemed to be bagging big bucks. Doug and Judy both killed eightpoint bucks. Their son-in-law shot a 12-pointer and a good friend got an eightpoint buck as well.

With such a great harvest, the farm was quite a sight.

“There were lots of deer hanging, let me tell you,” Judy said. “It was awesome, there were horns everywhere.”

But it wasn’t long after the hunt that Doug started feeling bad. By January,

Doug and Judy learned that in addition to the cancer, he also had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. The disease is a severe tickborne illness that Doug likely contracted from a tick during deer season.

This new complication seemed to awaken Doug’s cancer and set off a chain reaction. He was back in the hospital several times over the next few months and tumors began spreading throughout his body.

By May, doctors had exhausted their options. Doug and Judy were told he may only have weeks to live.

Under the care of Boone Hospital Home Care hospice workers, Doug was allowed to go home where caregivers visited regularly, managing his care and assisting his family.

Judy said being able to go home meant everything to Doug.

“He wanted his kids and family to be around him, he wanted to see his friends from work and he wanted it to be more of a fun thing — to invite them to the house for a cup of coffee or a beer,” Judy said. “He wanted it to be a good time, so that’s what we did.”

Judy described the Boone Hospital Home Care nurse who cared for Doug as “a little angel.” She said the nurse brought joy to the Doug with her gentle care and sense of humor.

“Everybody looked forward to her coming,” Judy said. “She never seemed like she had to go someplace else. She always made us feel like she was there for us no matter how long we needed her.”

After that last day visiting his farm in Osceola, Doug and Judy returned to Columbia where friends and family visited every day.

With his faith, Doug was at peace with death. The certainty of his situation actually helped him focus on bringing joy to those around him.

While Doug lived beyond his doctor’s initial estimate, by July, it was clear the time was getting closer.

“I knew how sick he was, I knew how worn down he was, and, from our talks, I knew how he felt in his heart,” she said. “I don’t know if everyone knew that, but Doug and I shared that.”

Caregivers visited Doug regularly, managing his care and assisting his family. Judy said being able to go home meant everything to Doug.

Then on July 18, 2008, Doug passed away.

Rather than hold a funeral, Doug asked his family to have a fish fry, tell stories and make it a good time. So that’s what they did.

After his passing, Judy and Doug’s sister, Beverley Breeden, took some of Doug’s old work and hunting shirts and made stuffed “PawPaw Bears” for Doug’s

grandchildren. The bears are a way to help remember their grandfather’s presence and his gentle touch.

Looking back on Doug’s final months, Judy said it was a blessing to have the assistance of Boone Hospital Home Care.

She said the caregivers became close to the family, helped give Doug a joyful end of life and even supported her after Doug passed away.

“I just thank God that we got hooked up with the hospice that suited us the best,” she said. “The good Lord led us to Boone.

It was the perfect match and I couldn’t have asked for anything better.”

As Doug wished, his body was cremated.

Some of his ashes are inside one of his old chewing tobacco cans. Someday, Judy will be buried with the can.

“I told him I wanted keep his heart and his dimples with me,” Judy said. “That’s what I fell in love with first.”

But the rest of Doug’s ashes are mingled with the soil of his favorite places — under each of the deer stands, below the bluff, and next to the old oak tree. By Jacob Luecke

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Get Fit With Your Phone Smartphone Apps Can Improve New Year’s Resolution Results

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e use smartphones for taking pictures, answering emails, playing games, banking online, reading and listening to music. New apps are created every day to improve our lives, and this year you can use some of them to improve your health. Some of the most popular health-related applications involve tracking. It’s a great way to monitor your fitness, diet and other vital information. By entering your numbers into an app, you also feel in control of your health and fitness. You have the chance to see the negative or positive effect of your behavior and make changes for the better. Here are a few favorites to try out this year:

Weight Watchers Cost: free from the Apple and Andriod app stores, but full access with Weight Watchers Online membership.

This app is great for anyone who loves the Weight Watchers program. It’s a convenient place to track your points as well as your exercise. The app creates a line graph of your weekly weigh-in, so you can visualize your progress. It offers recipes and cheat sheets to help you navigate the grocery store and restaurants.

There is access to the online community where you can share updates and photos with other friends using the program.

The free side of the app, available without paying for a Weight Watchers membership, has some cheat sheets as well as a meeting finder, recipes and information about the program.

My Fitness Pal Cost: free from the Apple and Android app stores

This app asks for your measurements and personal information and creates a calorie count for your day.

You can track your meals and exercise.

The tracking process is a little more tedious than some other apps, but you have the freedom to specify exactly what food you ate. My Fitness Pal also breaks down the other nutrition statistics for your food.

Grocery Gadget Cost: $.99 for the basic app or $2.99 for the full app from both Apple and Android app stores

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planning and shopping, and even offers coupons. You can take pictures of the items you are buying as a reference for later and scan bar codes to keep track of your purchases. This app can sync to your other machines as well as the phones of your family members.

Everyday Health Cost: Free from the Apple App Store

Everyday Health is a pocket reference for health conditions.

It has tips for specific behaviors, such as cutting bad cholesterol and adding more healthy snacks. There are also extensive doctor and pharmacist Q & As. The best part is the “Mom Says…” tab, a quick guide to troubleshooting problems such as breakouts, constipation, coughs, etc. Everyday Health also has links to communities for people suffering from different illnesses.

Diabetes Buddy Cost: $4.99 from the Apple App Store

Diabetes Buddy is a tracking system for diabetics that includes specific information about glucose, medication, carbs, blood pressure and weight. You can plug in your daily food and exercise routines, and see a line graph of your progress and trends.

Nike+/Nike Boom Cost: Nike+ is $1.99 from the Apple App Store or Nike Boom is free from the Android App Store

This is a must-have for any runner, no matter how serious. It maps your routes,

monitors your progress and reports how fast or slow you are moving at different points on your run. You can connect this app to your Facebook account and it will cheer when your friends “like” or comment on your run status.

Eat This Not That Game Cost: Free from the Apple App Store

This game is modeled after the popular Eat This Not That books, which offer healthy options for your favorite foods.

The game prompts you to choose the better choice between two similar foods. After, it tells you the answer and also provides the calorie and sodium breakdown for each choice. It’s a great game to teach healthy decision-making.

Cook This Not That Cost: $4.99 from the Android App Store

This recipe app helps you cook healthier choices. It offers more than 140 quick and healthy meals for cooks with all levels of experience.

FitnessClass Cost: Free from the Apple App Store, pay for classes individually

This app offers a store of fitness classes that you can download, some for a small cost, others for free. It separates the classes by the part of your body you want to work, or if you want to tone, strengthen or work toward weight loss. This is a great app for someone who needs creative ideas for home workouts.

Photo Contest Showcases Staff Creativity

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t the end of each summer, Boone employees sift through their photos, picking the cream of the crop to submit to the annual Boone Hospital Center Employee Photo Contest. This year, 189 pictures were entered in the four categories: Family, Nature, Vacation and Humor. Each category had two levels of experience.

This year’s best in show was a black and white photo by Lisa Satterly, an oncology tech.

“She is my last living grandparent and I took this photo during a family reunion in Texas two summers ago,” Satterly said. “My grandma has Alzheimer’s, so that picture was taken during the last summer she remembers.”

She shared a copy of the photo with her mother and grandmother. This is Satterly’s first year to enter the contest; the other two photos she submitted did not place.

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The Many Faces Of Dallas Dallas Lancaster, plant operations coordinator, is famous around the hospital for his spirited costumes. Each October he breaks out his pink shorts for Breast Cancer Awareness, as well as other costume accessories for holiday occasions. In his own words:

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t all started with a pair of pink shorts I had. The hospital started encouraging staff to wear pink for breast cancer awareness, so I came in one day with my pink shorts on. Almost everyone had an opinion; men thought I was nuts, but most women gave me a smile and a thumbs up. Then, that Halloween, I bought a mask in the gift shop and wore that.

Again, everyone had an opinion, but almost everyone laughed. After that, it went on to Christmas, St. Pat’s Day, Fat Tuesday and any other holiday that came up. As long as it makes people smile, it’s all good!”

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Foundation Update and Annual Report To The Community

It’s amazing what a donation can do.

A Historic Year

The last year was truly a historic time for Boone Hospital Center and our Boone Hospital Foundation.

As our community celebrated the opening of the new patient tower and the 90th anniversary of Boone Hospital, our foundation also marked the completion of two major projects.

In 2011, the Boone Hospital Foundation and the Boone Hospital Board of Trustees brought a Know Your Numbers mobile health unit to midMissouri. This vehicle is dedicated to traveling Boone Hospital’s 26-county service area and offering health screenings. In just the first few months of operation, more than 500 people have received screenings. We know this is making a positive difference to the health of our community.

Then, more recently, our foundation created a new healing garden at our hospital. This healing garden is a peaceful place of respite for our patients, family members, staff and physicians. Research shows that this beautiful new atmosphere will also help reduce stress and improve patient outcomes at Boone Hospital.

We had outstanding support from our community as the Boone Hospital Foundation worked to raise funds for these projects. As with everything we do, these projects are only possible with your donations.

As we look forward to 2012, the Boone Hospital Foundation will continue to raise funds for our next projects — there is still much more to do!

I’m always happy to hear from our community members. Please let me know how we can work together to continue improving the care offered at our Boone Hospital Center.

“Our mission is to support Boone Hospital Center’s mission of improving the health of the people and the communities that we serve.”

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Helping People Help Patients ONE DONOR’S REASON FOR HER MONTHLY GIFT

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anda Roberts has a special place for Boone Hospital in her heart, especially the chaplains.

When her mother was hospitalized for an infection,

Roberts was working full-time. She spent as much time with her mother as possible, but she hated leaving her alone in the hospital. Since her mother was in isolation, visitors were scarce. One group of men was not scarce — the chaplains at Boone Hospital Center.

“They visited her, prayed with her and did puzzles.

They were there for her, which meant a lot to me because I was working full-time,” Wanda said.

Roberts and her family were so impressed by the dedication of the chaplains and the comforting way they treated her family, she decided she wanted to give back.

In 2003, Roberts began giving monthly to the Boone Hospital Foundation. She specifies that she would like the donation to benefit the chaplains’ work through Spiritual Care Services.

“I want to be able to help them help people; that’s my gift,” said Roberts of her donation.

Roberts believes the chaplains’ work is essential to the quality care received at Boone Hospital.

“It’s not being modest, it’s just something I’m supposed to do,” Roberts said. “The chaplains are an important part of the hospital.”

Roberts and her mother still visit Chaplain Chuck Barsamian each time they come to the hospital. They chat like old friends. He’s appreciative of their donation and they are thankful for his service.

The guidance and spiritual care the chaplains provided made a lasting impression on Roberts. Each month, she knows exactly where her foundation donation is going.

“A lot of times the only contact people have with the Lord is at the hospital,” Roberts said. “I do it as a Christian.”

From left, Wanda Roberts, Boone Hospital Center Chaplain Chuck Barsamian and Sally Welch

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A Foundation For Outstanding Care

THE BOONE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE WORK OF BOONE HOSPITAL CENTER

CARE CHANNEL At Boone Hospital Center, patients and caregivers can tune into a special television station proven to bring a calming element to the atmosphere. The CARE Channel, funded by the foundation, broadcasts soothing images of nature along with stress-reducing background music. Bringing music and the sounds of nature into the care environment helps patients relax and transition easier into the healing process. It’s a simple idea, but Boone Hospital caregivers say it makes a notable difference for the patients they serve.

SLEEP SACKS When a study from the American Academy of Pediatrics indicated that crib blankets pose a risk to infants, the Boone Hospital Foundation stepped up with a donation to send all Boone Babies home in a safe sleeping garment. Infants born at Boone Hospital Center now go home in SleepSacks, which are designed to lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

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SUPPORTIVE CARE For some patients and families, hospitalization can be an emotionally and physically draining experience. That’s why Boone Hospital has a Supportive Care service that works to ensure time spent in the hospital is as comfortable as possible.

Supportive Care works to help patients relax through massage and other techniques. It can also help make special accommodations to make people more comfortable.

These services are available to all Boone Hospital patients and families.

Palliative care is also offered to patients who are facing the end of life and life-altering illnesses.

This service can help bring pain relief and soothe symptoms related to an illness. In addition, it can help patients and families with emotional health issues, planning and decision making.

Through the Walter Johnson Palliative Care Fund, the foundation has made a positive impact on many patients and families during difficult times.

CAREGIVER EDUCATION Health care is an everchanging field with best practices to learn and new technologies to master. To ensure Boone Hospital caregivers have access to the latest educational opportunities, the foundation helps send staff to classes and conferences. Staying up to date with the latest practices ensures Boone Hospital patients are receiving cutting-edge care.

KNOWING YOUR NUMBERS In 2011, the Boone Hospital Foundation took the hospital’s work on the road with the purchase of the region’s first Know Your Numbers mobile health unit.

Today, the brightly painted vehicle travels Boone Hospital’s 26-county service area providing health screenings. The purpose of the vehicle is to encourage people to know their numbers and learn about ways to improve their health.

The mobile health unit is a major expansion of the hospital’s existing community health and wellness programs that reach thousands of mid-Missourians each year.

The Foundation raises money to pay for the slides so that free screenings are available to the community. The Foundation has purchased diagnostic equipment to expedite the reading of results for participants. In 2010, the Foundation funded more than $23,000 for the purchase of slides.

With the mobile health unit now on the road, the hospital hopes to be able to reach many more people each year. When you see the unit in your area, please stop by, see it for yourself and get to know your numbers.

SHARING A LIFELINE Lifeline is a necessity for many mid-Missourians living independently with limited mobility or certain health conditions. With the Lifeline service, subscribers can contact help when they need it. Lifeline users wear a pendant on their wrist or as a necklace. In case of a fall or other emergency, the pendant can quickly help connect the person to help. Boone Hospital Foundation helps ensure that qualifying individuals receive the necessary equipment for the Lifeline Program. It’s a program that truly saves lives.

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Make Your Gift

TO THE BOONE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION Join the community of families and individuals who support the patients and caregivers at Boone Hospital Center. Each gift helps make our hospital an excellent place to receive care. You may make your tax-deductible gift with a check, credit card (Visa, MasterCard or Discover), transfer of stock, bequests, life-income gifts like trusts and annuities, and other planned gifts that leave a legacy of hope and healing. Please choose the way that is most convenient for you: online with a credit card, by phone at 573-815-2800 or by mail.

CONSIDER A TRIBUTE GIFT Your gift can be made a “tribute gift” in honor or memory of: • Someone important to you (family member, friend, physician, caregiver, etc.)

• A special occasion, like a birthday or recovery • A loved one lost The Foundation will send notification of the tribute gift per your wishes.

NAMED FUNDS • Establish a named fund or project.

• Endow a fund to be invested.

• Contact the Boone Hospital Foundation for these opportunities.

SHOP IN OUR GIFT SHOP • Profits from our Gift Shop go to programs that benefit our patients and advance medical care.

• The gift shop is staffed with volunteers.

PLANNED GIVING

HELP BUILD OUR HEALING GARDEN • Purchase an engraved paver: $150, $250 or $500 • Purchase an engraved wall panel: $1,000 • Purchase a tree with a message plaque: $1,000

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ATTEND OUR ANNUAL GALA AND GOLF TOURNAMENT • Proceeds from these two events are transformed into better patient care, health and outcomes.

• 2012 Golf Tournament is Monday, May 14.

• Gifts that pay you income • Charitable gift annuities • Charitable remainder trusts • Charitable IRA rollover • Memorial and honorary gifts • Charitable lead trusts • Donor advised funds • Gifts that benefit us after your lifetime • Bequests • Beneficiary designations • Endowed gifts

2010 Donors

TO THE BOONE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ABCOMM, INC.

Kenneth and Judy Buckler

Terry and Vicki Dunscombe

Advance Orthodontics

David and Linda Bullock

David and Linda Durbin

Eugene Alderman

Winfield Burggraaff

Heyl Royster

Allergan

C & C Group

Emergency Physicians of Mid-Missouri, P.C.

Alpha Sigma Gamma

Leulla Call

Jeanette Hines

Alternative Hospice LLC

Doug Callahan

Environmental Engineering, Inc

AmerenUE

Capital Region Medical Center

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

David Hockman

Anonymous

Christine Carpenter

Kenneth and Carol Attebery

David and Melissa Carr

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ayer

Ronald and Judith Carter

Baptist Student Union

Centerpointe Hospital

Deborah Barger

Central Trust & Investment Company

Steven and Jane Bauer Joe and Mary S. Baumgartner Beck & Company LC Wm. Wilson and Jan Beckett Aaron Beckman Luanna Belsky Ann Bene Norm Benedict Jennifer Beshears

CenturyTel, Inc. Phillip and Franci Chrisman Christensen Construction Co. Mark Cohen Coil Construction, Inc. Columbia Orthopaedic Group, LLP

Bill and Nita Ewens Darrell and Patti Eynard V. Fasciotti First Presbyterian Church of Columbia Heather Fisher Joann Fitzgerald William and Barbara Fletcher

Hematology-Oncology Associates of Columbia, Inc. Byron and Janet Hill HKS, Inc. Paula Hoenes Bruce and Ellen Horwitz Lynn and Patricia Hostetler Nancy Howard Howard County Home Pamela and Richard Huffstutter

Mary and Donald Fontana

Hulett Heating & Air Conditioning

Sharon Ford

Kristine Jackson

Vera M. Franke

William P. Jackson

Carol French

Jan T. Jacobs

Phyllis Fugit

Columbia Ready Mix

Carl Gardner

Joe Machens Ford Lincoln Mercury

Columbia Surgical Associates

General Printing Service

Beverly Johnson

Big O Tires

Roger Comesana

Genomic Health, Inc.

Darlene Johnson

BJC Healthcare

Jim Gentry

Josie Black

Commerce Bancshares Foundation

Johnson & Johnson Services Inc.

Lloyd E. Blackburn

Commerce Bank Concrete Strategies LLC

Connie Gerdt

M. Jane Blackburn Joy Block

Mary A. Conrow

Daniel Boeckman

Cook Group

Boone County Medical Society

Nicholas and Elizabeth Couper

Graham Broadway Medical Building

Boone County National Bank

Jeffrey and Anne Craver

Grand Cru Restaurant

Michael Kincade

Boone Electric Cooperative

Janie Creason

Lena M. Grotenhuis

Randy and Gayle Kircher

Boone Hospital Board of Trustees

Creative Surroundings

Lee R. Groves

Tami Klingsmith

R. A. Crow

Camilla Gulliksson-Jones

Kathleen Knepper

Boone Hopsital Center’s Visiting Nurses

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Jean Gurucharri

Jared Knoerr

John Cullison

Darrell Guth

Wes and Judy Koch

H. Kathy Daniels

Bonnie L. Hadley

Frances and Gene Koepke

Barbara and Dave Danuser

Dorothy Hagan

Yvonne Kutz

Debbie Day

Allen and Joan Hahn

Landmark Bank

Dorinda Derow

Linda Boyce

Hamilton Street Baptist Church

Linda Lawman

Modesta Digeorge

Boyce & Bynum Pathology Laboratories, P.C.

Charles and Laurie Digges

Kim Hanson

Lawrence Group Architects of St Louis Inc

Chrisy Dobbs

Brad Harris

Charles P. LeMone

Brick City Painting & Drywall

Scott and Kelly Dolan

Shauna Harrison

Norman and Patricia Lenger

Carol Brinson

Robert Doroghazi

Daniel Hartgrove

Nancy L. Lewis

Gerald and Bonnie Brouder

Marcia and Dale Dowell

Cathy Hartley

Eric Lidholm

Brown Printing, Inc.

Dunafon Enterprises, Inc

Jane Hayden

Diane Lionberger

Tim and Sandra Brubaker

Sherry and Larry Duncan

Heartland Foundation

Joy Little

Boone Hospital Center Boone Hospital Center Medical Staff Boone Hospital Center/ Gift Shop

Tina George Joe Giacchi Steven and Jill Graham

Kenley Jones JustGive David Keller Jerry and Michele Kennett Patty Kile

Boone Hospital Foundation Community Report

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2010 Donors

TO THE BOONE HOSPITAL FOUNDATION Angela and Michael Littrell

Randall E. Mueller

David Rosman

April Sweezer

Salvatore J. Losapio

Karen Ross

Michael Szewczyk

Larry Lucas

H. J. Murrell and Beverly Robertson

William Lucas

Joseph and Mary Muscato

Rost Landscaping & Design

Tech Electronics of Columbia Inc

Andy Ludbrook

Brenda Myers

Jacob Luecke

NCME Holding Corp.

Lutheran Senior Services

Neurology, Inc.

Stacy Mahan

Lewis Odneal

Roger and Gayla Maier

Norman Odneal

Mark and Julie Majors

Officer Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Justin Malone

Glenn W. Rush S. M. Wilson & Co. Ruth Samuel Sanofi-Aventis U.S. Inc. Neil and Jennifer Sargentini James and Marilyn Schatz

Orscheln Industries

Norma Schilb

O. Gerald and Sarah Orth

Schindler Elevator Corporation

Ortho Biotech Inc

Elizabeth O. Schmidt

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Adolf Schnack, Jr.

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Thomas and Leslie Schneider

Peachtree Catering, Inc.

Schneider Electric

Peckham & Wright Architects, Inc.

R Wade Schondelmeyer

H. A. Pelousky

Kevin Scott

David McLaren

R. M. and Rosemarie Pendergast

Don Scruggs

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Penumbra, Inc.

Medtronic

Pershing Memorial Hospital

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Septagon Construction Co., Inc.

Marcia Peterson

Ralph and Patricia Meyer

Carolyn and Timothy Sheafer

Warren and Joyce Peterson

Meyer Electric Co., Inc. Microsoft

Phelps County Regional Medical Center

Marie Sheets

Midway Church

Von and Joyce Pittman

Midwest Block & Brick

Lenard and Mary Lu Politte

Jane Miller

Patrick Porter

Margaret Miller

Rhonda Prasch

Richard Miller

Margaret J. and Albert Price

Robert and Phyllis Miller

Robert W. Martin Robert and Shirley Marty Kathy Maxey Justin and Michelle May MBS Textbook Exchange, Inc. Susan McCoy Todd and Debra McCubbin Joanna McDowell Joann McFarland

Cynthia Schreen

Tambra Sellers

Mary J. Shultz Simmons Browder Gianaris Angelides & Barnerd LLC

Terracon The Callaway Bank The Insurance Group, Inc. The Marker Group, Inc The Outsource Group Thomas and Nancy Thomas Thoratec Corporation Thornton Tomasetti Inc TKH, Inc. Robert and JoAnn Treece Michael Trendle Michael Trial Jessica Trimble Pamela Tylock UMB Bank Uniforms Plus Ralph and Marilyn Van Dusseldorp S. Vaughn Curtis and Debbie Verslues W. L. Gore & Assoc.

Robert Wagner Alison Wallace Charles and Margaret Waller

Bruce Smith

Audrey J. Walton

Danalyn Smith

Donna and Boyd Ware

Laura Smith

Tina Warnol

Providence Bank

SMS Specialty Medical Systems, Inc

Washington University in St. Louis

Wiley Miller

Shelly and Roger Rackers

James and Dorothy Sowash

Lola Watson

Missouri Cancer Associates

Radiology Consultants, Inc.

Sean Spence

Missouri Cardiovascular Specialists

Irene Reiff

James and Audrey Spieler

Reinhardt/Wilson

Missouri Cotton Exchange

Jody Spry

Shirley A. Richardson

Missouri Employers Mutual

SSC Engineering

Diane Riddle

Missouri Heart Center

Floyd and Becky Riley

State Farm Insurance

Missouri Professionals Mutual

River City Construction, L.L.C.

State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Co

Harold Mochel

Wanda J. Roberts

Morrison Healthcare Food Services

Fay Stine

Robinett Construction, Inc

Amy Stone

Sally Robinson

Jahne Struby

Women’s Health Associates, Inc.

Roche Diagnostics Corporation

Albert and Rosetta Sublett

Korrie Woods

Lois Rohl

Gaye Suggett

Janet Woolridge

Shelly and Dawson Rolwing

John and Sherry Swearngin

Michelle Zvanut

Randy and Sandy Morrow Mortgage Research Center DBA VA Mortgage Center Kurt and Deidre Mueller

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Dan and Jane Rothery

Boone Hospital Foundation Community Report

Marge Watson Kathryn Weirich Garry and Llona Weiss Teresa Wheeler William T. Kemper Foundation Roxanne Wilson Darren and Rachel Wittenberger