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Like Mother, Like Daughter: Lori’s Story

Lori K. was inspired to become a nurse by watch­ing her moth­er, a ded­i­cat­ed nurse at Quin­cy Clin­ic. Her ear­ly expo­sure to com­pas­sion­ate care shaped her child­hood dream of enter­ing health­care — a dream she nev­er wavered from. Lori began her career in pedi­atrics, learn­ing the val­ue of lis­ten­ing from Dr. Wal­ter Whitak­er, and lat­er tran­si­tioned to ortho­pe­dics, where she has worked for 15 years. Now with over 30 years in nurs­ing, Lori con­tin­ues to find ful­fill­ment in help­ing oth­ers and val­ues every patient’s sto­ry. She encour­ages oth­ers to explore the many oppor­tu­ni­ties in nursing.

Trusting QMG Through the Decades: Kevin’s Story

For Kevin R., Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) has been a trust­ed health­care part­ner through­out his life — from sur­viv­ing a near-fatal child­hood acci­dent under the care of Dr. Wal­ter Whitak­er to receiv­ing ongo­ing ortho­pe­dic and spe­cial­ty care as an adult. Kevin val­ues the long-stand­ing rela­tion­ships he’s built with QMG providers. His expe­ri­ences have rein­forced his belief in the high-qual­i­ty care avail­able local­ly at QMG, mak­ing it his go-to choice for both him­self and his family.

Where Care Feels Close: Reece's Story

When Kathryn and Adam wel­comed their son Reece into the world, they were met with uncer­tain­ty fol­low­ing his diag­no­sis with an extreme­ly rare genet­ic con­di­tion. As Reece faced com­plex med­ical chal­lenges, his fam­i­ly won­dered if the care he need­ed could be found close to home. Through the sup­port of their pedi­a­tri­cian and ther­a­py team at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, they dis­cov­ered not just expert care, but a com­mu­ni­ty of providers who became true part­ners in Reece’s journey.

Unexpected Battle: Facing Colorectal Cancer at a Young Age

Abi­gail L. faced an unex­pect­ed health cri­sis after mov­ing from Arkansas to attend col­lege in Quin­cy. What seemed like typ­i­cal adjust­ment symp­toms — fatigue, weight loss, and feel­ing cold — turned out to be warn­ing signs of some­thing much more seri­ous. After falling asleep unex­pect­ed­ly at work, Abi­gail sought help at QMG Now Urgent Care, lead­ing to a colonoscopy at the QMG Surgery Cen­ter. There, she received a life-alter­ing diag­no­sis: col­orec­tal can­cer. Though rare for some­one so young, her case reflects a ris­ing trend of younger adults diag­nosed with the disease.

Colonoscopy vs. At-Home Test: Understanding the Differences

Pre­vent­ing colon can­cer begins with screen­ing, which is rec­om­mend­ed for most indi­vid­u­als start­ing at age 45. While there are sev­er­al screen­ing options avail­able, colonoscopy remains the most effec­tive. Not only can it detect can­cer ear­ly, but it can also help pre­vent it alto­geth­er. Dr. Adam Nie­mann, a gas­troen­terol­o­gist at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, explains why colonoscopy is the gold stan­dard and how it com­pares to oth­er com­mon screen­ing methods.