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Annual Wellness Visits Play Significant Role for Back-to-School Success

… make these sleep adjustments to help your student excel.   The Importance of Annual Wellness Visits One of the first steps in preparing for a healthy school year is to schedule a wellness … Pertussis Pneumococcal disease Polio Rubella Tetanus   Complete Medical Forms Annual wellness visits also allow us to provide the most up-to-date information to your child’s school. If your … school or fall-sport physical, it’s time to call your pediatrician. Try to schedule wellness visits around your kids’ birthdays so it’s easier to remember when they are. Outside of …
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Omaha Lancers Visit Methodist Hospital Ahead of Hockey Fights Cancer Night

… Cancer patients at Methodist Hospital got a special visit on Monday afternoon. The Omaha Lancers hockey team toured the oncology and acute rehab units. The team is preparing for its Hockey Fights Cancer game on Saturday, and the visit helped players learn about its impact. Saturday's game benefits Leap for a Cure, which … makes you take it in and makes you play for something a little bit more.” KMTV: Omaha Lancers visit Methodist Hospital cancer patients …
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Surprise Window Visit Makes the Day of Methodist Hospital Stroke Patient and Her Family

… a window in her room,” Mary Ellen said, “thinking she might be able to see us if we arranged a visit. Just to wave from the outside. Just to say hi. Just to say we’re thinking of you.” “She … the hospital windows are tinted, she recruited some coworkers to help test whether a window visit would even be visible from that location. “They weren’t going to be able to see Kasey,” Gruhn said. “But Kasey was certainly going to be able to see them. So we arranged the visit, and we also arranged FaceTime.” “Just so that we could see Mom’s face,” Mary Ellen said. …
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Service Thanks to Dad

… My father had other plans, of course.  And so after completing med school, I signed up for my military service. It was 1991 and the height of the Gulf War. Some may not have considered it the ideal time to enlist, but I did it out of respect for my father and my country. It was the best move I could have ever made.  Service to God and country For three years, I was stationed at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona. There, I worked …
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Can We Visit Grandma? Answers to Common Questions About Life After Your COVID-19 Vaccination

… I got the vaccine and so did my elderly mother, whom I haven’t seen in a year. Can I visit her now? Yes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that it’s … unmasked, two weeks after everyone is fully vaccinated. What about children? Can the grandkids visit grandma? With no vaccines available for children yet, this is riskier. But the CDC says … As hard as it is, if you can’t ensure a safe get-together, you may consider waiting to visit loved ones. So I’m still supposed to wear a mask, social distance and avoid large crowds? I …
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‘So Much More Than Growth Charts’: After Spotting Rare Condition, Methodist Pediatrician Stresses Importance of Well-Child Visits

… be so subtle most parents or family members wouldn’t ever notice.” A Team Approach Well-child visits are “about so much more than growth charts,” Dr. Bendlin said. She uses every visit to … the questionnaires they fill out or the concerns they feel comfortable bringing up at their visits.” It takes a team approach in pediatrics – a branch of primary care, which is one of five …