Reel Compassion

Reel Compassion

You couldn’t have asked for a better summer day. It was July 12, and the high was forecast to be in the 80s. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. Days like this are a gift in the midst of the sweltering Missouri summer, and Jeff Troyer of Jacksonville knew exactly how he wanted to spend it — fishing with his grandson Tyler at Rothwell Park in Moberly. 

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“Skill, flexibility, compassion and a smile at every turn”

“Skill

My name is Darren Gabbert and I have an advanced form of muscular dystrophy.

Because of the medical expertise and outstanding patient care I received at Boone, I survived three pneumonias in 1993, 1995 and 1997. I had been blessed to be pneumonia free for over 15 years, until January of this year.

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Employee of the Month treats patients like they are her family

Employee of the Month treats patients like they are her family

In her service as a nurse, Jeannie Grant goes above and beyond to care for each of her patients like they are members of her own family.

She often thinks back to the experience of taking care of her grandma before she passed away. “Now, I just try to take care of every patient as if they’re my grandma,” she said.

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