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Tomorrow, as some of this year’s finest fillies await their chance to run for the lilies, a group of breast and ovarian cancer survivors will don their favorite pink attire for a walk around Churchill Downs’ famed racetrack. The 2024 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade features four survivors who also are part of the Norton Healthcare family. 💓 On Oaks Day 2023, Kelly Schweickhardt, nurse clinician, Norton Children's Hospital , was undergoing a bilateral mastectomy. This was the first step in fighting cancer, a journey that would take her through six cycles of chemotherapy, 25 of radiation and treatments, and a few reconstruction surgeries. Kelly’s cancer was detected through her yearly mammogram. At age 45, she was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer. It was invasive ductal carcinoma, a very aggressive form of breast cancer. With no family history of breast cancer, Kelly admits she was living with a false sense of security. She didn’t think breast cancer would be a battle she would be fighting. Battle through it is exactly what she did. She worked through it all! “I pushed through it,” Kelly said in an interview with Maira Ansari, WAVE 3 News. “I embraced the suck. Knew it was temporary.” This May, Kelly says she is doing great and is excited to be walking among 150 women in this year’s Oaks Day Survivors Parade. And for the parade to fall on her anniversary, Kelly said, “What’s a better way to celebrate that? I can’t top it.” 🌸

Tomorrow, as some of this year’s finest fillies await their chance to run for the lilies, a group of breast and ovarian cancer survivors will don their favorite pink attire for a walk around Churchill Downs’ famed racetrack. The 2024 Kentucky Oaks Survivors Parade features four survivors* who also are part of the Norton Healthcare family. Meet Judy L. Vilums, patient financial counselor, Norton Cancer Institute. 💗 Judy Vilums works with cancer patients every day. In May 2021, she found herself on the other side of the conversation. Judy found a lump on her breast herself and called her doctor the very next day. After a mammogram and a biopsy, Judy was diagnosed with breast cancer on Oaks Day, April 29, 2021. Her diagnosis was Stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma HER2-positive breast cancer and her treatment plan would start right away. “Chemotherapy was very hard on my underlying liver condition and I had to stop treatment early because of it,” Judy said. “The treatments I did have were successful and I was able to move on to reconstruction.” Judy credits her strength to the support she felt from family and friends including the UofL Louisville Cardinals baseball team. Her son Kaleb Corbett, a pitcher, and the entire team participated in a pink out game in honor of Judy and so many others fighting breast cancer. By June 2022, she was finished with treatment and in June 2022 she finished her surgeries. Today she says she is feeling great. For the Oaks Survivors Parade, Judy will be walking with her husband, Scott, and is very excited. 🌸

For the first time, Norton Healthcare’s certified athletic trainers will be stationed at the Norton Sports Health Jockey Care Clinic at Churchill Downs, working alongside sports medicine physicians to support jockey health and patron care. The goal is a successful Kentucky Derby Week with the safety of everyone in mind. 🏇🏾🌹 “We really want to make a positive impact on their lives, in any way we can. We always educate and emphasize to the jockeys, owners and trainers that the goal is for the jockey to ride, but only if they’re safe to do so. We want to support them being their best selves, so they can have their best ride.” - Tiff L. Haub, M.S., ATC, director of Norton Sports Health The addition of certified athletic trainers builds on a partnership that established Norton Sports Health as the official medical provider of Churchill Downs in April 2022.

Exciting News! 💡 Norton Healthcare is excited to be administrating the newly approved drug Sotatercept, a new treatment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Sotatercept has shown promising results in clinical trials, offering hope for improved outcomes and quality of life for those battling PAH. As a leading healthcare provider, Norton Healthcare is dedicated to bringing innovative treatments like Sotatercept to our patients.

Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s are expanding services in Western Kentucky through the integration of a well-respected primary care practice in the Bowling Green community. The $1.2 million investment to integrate the former Bowling Green Internal Medicine & Pediatric Associates into Norton Children’s and Norton Healthcare offices allows for enhanced primary care, building on significant investments already made through Norton Children’s existing specialty practices in the community. “Providing access to health care is essential to our mission,” said Russell F. Cox, president and CEO, Norton Healthcare. “High-quality, safe, innovative care should be available to every person across the region. The best way to achieve that vision is to bring care closer to home. Bringing this team into Norton Children’s and Norton Healthcare is a great step forward in our goal.”

In April, Norton Medical Group welcomed 11 new providers to our organization. Learn more about each of these new additions here: https://lnkd.in/eGrY6uNz

Norton Sports Health is proud to be the official medical provider for Churchill Downs Racetrack at such a monumental moment in time: the 150th anniversary of the Kentucky Derby. 🏇🏾🩺 Congratulations to all the jockeys and racetrack personnel who make it possible — day in and day out, furlong by furlong. We’re honored to care for you. And to help some of the most elite athletes on earth stay at the top of their game.

We RUN this town! 🏃🏿♂️💨 Congratulations to all of the incredible runners who crossed the finish line today at the GE Appliances Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon and Marathon! 🏅 Norton Sports Health is proud to serve as the official medical provider and training partner for this beloved Kentucky Derby Festival tradition.

Our eyes are on the starting line 👀 We are counting down the hours until the GE Appliances Kentucky Derby Festival miniMarathon and Marathon tomorrow! Norton Sports Health is proud to be the Medical Provider and Training Partner of the GE Appliances Kentucky Derby Festival mini Marathon. 🩺👟

It's Volunteer Appreciation week and we are spotlighting some of our amazing volunteers! 💙 Today we are shining a light on Aidan Marquette who volunteers at Norton Hospital. "Volunteering to me is an opportunity to serve people and learn what it means to interact with patients. It's an opportunity to give patients the best possible care and make their experience that much better." - Aidan Marquette, Norton Hospital Volunteer To find out more about how you can get involved and volunteer, visit https://lnkd.in/ep852psj.