Jim Weber       

In what was supposed to be a 2017 overnight stay in a Colorado hospital following routine surgery, Alliance resident Jim Weber instead embarked on a two-year medical journey, including 120 days of hospitalization.

Following surgery to repair damage from a large hiatal hernia, sepsis set in. Jim was placed in a medically induced coma for 21 days during his 41-day ICU stint. A month in a long-term care facility followed before he was transferred to Regional West’s Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) for a three-week stay.

Steve Dolberg

When Morrill resident Steve Dolberg was initially diagnosed with diverticulitis in March 2018, he had no idea that he was about to embark on a medical journey spanning multiple surgeries, cancer, a bout of sepsis, chemotherapy, long-term hospitalizations, a stint at Regional West’s Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU), and a lifetime of dialysis treatments. What got him through his ordeal?

Determination. Hard work. Setting goals higher than the ones he was given.

Mike Kesselring

As part of the sales and promotion staff of Chadron radio station KCSR AM 610/KBPY FM 107.7, Dec. 16, 2019 found Mike Kesselring on location in Alliance when he began experiencing disturbing symptoms, including a tingling right foot and racing heart. By the time he drove himself to Chadron Community Hospital’s emergency room, he had little feeling from the waist down.