Posts by Madison Loethen

I grew up in Macon, Mo., home of the Macon Tigers, and went to the University of Missouri for my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing – once a Tiger, always a Tiger! My husband, Mike, and I both are nurses and met many years ago at the University Hospital where we both were working.…

Dori Neumeier was sitting in the lounge area of the Therapy Floor when the elevators opened and out walked Timbre the therapy dog and his owner Tom Trabue. Dori felt all of her stress from the day melt away as Timbre came over and allowed her to pet him. Dori had been hospitalized for over…

In October, Boone Health Medical Group opened a new clinic in Mexico, Mo. But although new to Boone, the Medical Park clinic has deep roots in Audrain County, with a long history of providing care to patients. Boone Health Medical Park – Mexico was originally founded in 1996 as a multispecialty group with a pulmonologist,…

No parent wants their kid to have to go through surgery. We certainly didn’t, but my husband Kyle and I were faced with the difficult decision of whether or not to have our 11-month-old go through an ear tube procedure. Our little Everly had four somewhat back-to-back ear infections. She would get a cold, get…

By Madison Loethen Around Veterans Day every year at Boone Hospital Center you will find a beautiful mural where employees share their well wishes and thank-yous to veterans. Those murals were made by Lead Orderly Amber McLelland who is a veteran herself. Amber enlisted in the year 2000 at just 17 years old. Her sister…

By Jenny L. Workman, Community Wellness Manager Boone Health Community Wellness is our outreach program which supports health and wellness programs and screenings for mid-Missouri companies, communities in our service area, and Boone Health employees. In the 2000s, Boone Hospital Center established a community outreach program called WELLAWARE that provided community health screenings, health fairs,…

By Madison Loethen Nothing can truly prepare you for the loss of a loved one, but the Cox family will tell you the Boone Health Home Care & Hospice team offered the support they needed during that difficult time. 85-year-old Connie Cox was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma in April 2021 and given a 6-month life…