Patient Stories

Taking a day to go and have a painless procedure definitely outweighs the loss of your life that your family could potentially have to endure in the future.

The whole process with CentraCare exceeded my expectations and I would definitely recommend others to them as they were recommended to me.

I doubted for so many years that I could get sober … and just when you think you can’t do it, you can.

Our family appreciated that Dr. Castro wasn’t going to discharge Kyle if he was not ready, but at the same time he understood Kyle’s wish to be at his daughter’s wedding.

I felt like real-life Sleeping Beauty while I was laying there. Your ears kind of pop a little bit like you’re on an airplane, but you just lay there and breathe the air.

I’m an elementary school gym teacher. I could still do my job — I just wasn’t able to do it the way I wanted to. I’m a younger guy and it’s nice because kids want to play with you, and you want to show them things yourself … and unfortunately, I had to take more of a backseat.

I knew this would be the end of the line for me if I wasn’t successful, and they wanted me to succeed as much as I did — maybe a little bit more.

I feel very lucky that I was at work when this happened. I think about that a lot and am so thankful I was where I needed to be when I needed care.

We are so fortunate to have such top-notch medical care right here in our community.

For mothers who want to exclusively breastfeed, pasteurized donor human milk allows moms to work on milk supply while still offering an opportunity to bond with baby.