Patient Testimonials
Read what our patients have to say about the care they have received during their time at DCMH.
Heart Transplant Provides “Bonus Time”
A new perspective is often gained after facing and overcoming great challenges in life. For 43-year-old Gabriel Cruser, the great challenge was a rapidly deteriorating heart. The native of Decatur County began having health issues like high blood pressure and rapid...
Successful Healing for Chronic Wounds
For those with chronic venous ulcers, treatment can be time-consuming, costly, and inconvenient. Michael Pruett knows that cycle well. For the last couple of years, he has dealt with chronic venous ulcers – wounds on his legs that refused to heal in a timely fashion....
Local Woman Relieved by Chemotherapy Treatment Advancements
Watching her mother go through cancer treatment in the late 1980’s made Decatur County native and Greensburg resident Paula Moore hesitant to undergo chemotherapy when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in June of 2020. But medical advancement paired with the...
Local Family Shares Pain of Families Facing Loss
Amy O’Mara’s pregnancy in 2016 began like a normal pregnancy. Already the parents of two daughters, Amy and her husband, Blake, were excited to discover their third child would be a boy. But with 12 weeks remaining in her pregnancy, the joy turned to sorrow with the...
DCMH Plays Role In Recovery
When I asked the emergency room doctor if I was going to die, she paused and said, ‘I don’t know.’” An honest, but harrowing answer for 24-year-old Sarah Grace Richardson. What she didn’t know was that her husband, Thomas, had received the same news with the caveat,...
A Heart-Felt Story
A self-professed “daddy’s girl,” Laura Thomas was not above using her influence when it came to her dad’s health. That’s how John Grimes, 66, was scheduled for a heart scan two years ago – that literally saved his life. A CT tech by trade who works at Decatur County...
Third Time’s Definitely a Charm at DCMH
By the time a woman delivers her third child, there aren’t many surprises left. However, when Nicole Stone delivered her third baby two months ago, there were pleasant surprises all along her pregnancy journey, including in the delivery room. When Stone became the...
Life Reimagined
At 30 years old, many men believe they are invincible. Don Patrick was no exception. Strong, agile, and fearless, he was making a living climbing communication towers during installation while living in Conroe, Texas, a small city north of Houston. The day ended like...
