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When you’re a new par­ent, you want a cir­cle of sup­port to help you nav­i­gate the ups and downs of rais­ing your new addi­tion. Part of that cir­cle is the per­son who will care for the health needs of your lit­tle one. Hav­ing some­one you trust is important.

Sharadan Parks always want­ed a fam­i­ly of her own, but she knew her jour­ney to par­ent­hood would be a dif­fi­cult one. She, along with her hus­band, Sam, leaned on the team at Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) to help get them through what would be a dif­fi­cult road and depends on them now to care for their young family.

Just days before Bill and Sara Reichert wel­comed their first child, Hope, they received news they didn’t expect.

This Sun­day, June 6, Quin­cy Med­ical Group (QMG) wel­comes our com­mu­ni­ty to our QMG Can­cer Insti­tute from 9 to 11 a.m. to hon­or our can­cer patients and sur­vivors on Nation­al Can­cer Sur­vivors Day.

In July of 2019, Sheila McGraw began expe­ri­enc­ing some strange symp­toms. Her face, tem­ples, and neck had swelled sig­nif­i­cant­ly. She assumed the reac­tion was due to aller­gies. Can­cer nev­er crossed her mind.

After doing some heavy lift­ing one day, Bill Gra­ham turned to get in his truck and was over­come with pain.

“Right place, right time” is part of Cathy ​“Kiki“ Backoff’s sto­ry, but it’s not the whole sto­ry. In Octo­ber of 2019, Back­off was not feel­ing well. But she didn’t think it was any­thing too serious.

When Maken­zie and Bradley Holt­mey­er pre­pared to wel­come their third child ear­li­er this year, life was a lot dif­fer­ent — and busier — from when they wel­comed their first child three years ago.

This past sum­mer was a scary time for Kala Bred­er and her fam­i­ly. As she await­ed the arrival of her third child, a baby boy, Kala began expe­ri­enc­ing bleed­ing at 33 weeks preg­nant as a result of pla­cen­ta pre­via. After her baby failed to respond to a non-stress test, the deci­sion was made to deliv­er him via emer­gency C‑section. Her son, Chan­ning, made his arrival at 12:12 a.m. on July 16 and was air­lift­ed to St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

A late-evening, painful injury result­ed in west­ern Illi­nois res­i­dent Ter­ry Thiel seek­ing treat­ment at Quin­cy Med­ical Group, where he was able to get imme­di­ate spe­cial­ized ortho­pe­dic attention.