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On May 16, 2025, an EF3 tornado tore through the St. Louis region, leaving a profound and lasting impact on neighborhoods, families, and businesses.

Growing up, while most kids were playing high school sports and getting their driver’s licenses, Michael’s epilepsy kept him sidelined. Since he was 12, seizures robbed him of a typical adolescence.

Monica McCloud thought her anxiety would kick in any second. That afternoon, she was in the garage talking to her boyfriend, Josh, and stepson, Owen, when she felt a strange sensation rush over her.

After surviving multiple strokes, Crystal lives with stroke-related complications known as deficits.

During frequent traveling from March–December 2025, Khalid Siddiqui, 75, of Suwanee, Georgia, experienced chest pain and difficulty breathing that came and went. During visits with family in Toronto, Canada, and later in St. Louis, he assumed the discomfort was caused by cold temperatures and the physical strain of travel.

After suffering from heart issues for more than two decades, sudden cardiac arrest landed Joseph Wright in the hospital, where he learned he would need a heart transplant.

By renewing our driver’s license at the DMV, most of us are aware of the process of registering to become an organ donor should the worst come to pass. But there is another group of organ donors—living donors—who are helping relatives, friends, and even strangers by donating a kidney or part of their liver.

Organ donation, the act of taking healthy organs from one person and giving them to someone else, has the power to save and improve lives, yet misinformation can create hesitation in signing up to become a donor.

Missouri Baptist Medical Center’s longstanding reputation for providing exceptional care to mothers and babies has been recognized on a national scale.