Dr Lori Ann Golon MD PA

09/16/2025

Sorry, I can’t get the whole thing on one picture…

09/16/2025

09/16/2025

Good evening, families and friends,

Trying to stay busy. Saw a few babies at Overland Park today.

Making a craft project for Christmas. I like to sew with my hands. I used to sew with the sewing machine, but I don’t like to do that anymore. My sewing machine is old and needs oil so it’s in a box somewhere. I don’t know if you know this about me, but I was an RN for 10 years prior to going back to medical school. When I started medical school, I was an older student. I wanted to be a plastic surgeon. In our third year, we did rotations. I did an ER month and got to do a lot of sewing on wounds. My preceptor said I was really good at it. This fueled my desire. I did a general surgery rotation. There was one other student with me. We were on call every other night. So that was a possibility of been up all night every other night. The other student was up five nights out of the month. Guess how many nights I was up?… 15 nights. I was exhausted and figured surgery wasn’t my thing or I would die trying. In the old days of my medical school and residency, no one cared how many hours you were up straight. Nowadays, there’s a limited amount of time. Anyway, I decided to do my second love and that was pediatrics. I did the regular three years of residency and stayed a fourth year as chief at KU. Then I came to this place called Leavenworth and the rest is history. I really was only supposed to stay 3 to 4 years to pay off a scholarship. Not sure how it turned to 24+ years. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

I love Christmas trees in the yard. I don’t have a yard where I’m staying. So I planted two in pots and planted two mums. We’ll see if I can keep them alive.

I hope things are going well for everyone and I truly miss you!

Keep in touch.

Always for the children,

Lori Ann Golon MD

09/15/2025

Good morning, families and friends,

I just want to thank everyone for a wonderful retirement/birthday party last Saturday. Thank you for all the hugs, wonderful words, cards, and gifts. I have been so fortunate to work with such wonderful people. I had families come from quite a distance, which was very surprising.

I have an odd feeling that I am chocolatied out for a while. I know this is very surprising. It’s shocking to me.

I will be seeing a few babies at Overland Park regional Medical Center nursery this week. It’ll feel good to get back in the groove a little bit.

I miss you all, please keep in touch.

Always for the children,

Lori Ann Golon MD

09/12/2025

Someone once asked me how many children I have. This was someone from high school at a reunion. I should’ve sent them this video.

09/12/2025

Good morning, families and friends,

It’s been two weeks since I turned the light off in my office and walked out. It feels more like a year. I miss the office and you all very much.

So here’s kind of what’s going on with me.

My wonderful daughter two Christmases ago gave me an Owala water bottle because I didn’t drink enough water and she was worried about me. Well last Saturday I filled it up and promptly dropped it on my right foot. The bruising went down my baby toe and up to my ankle. Was pretty painful at the time. Broke my baby toe. I never realized retirement was so dangerous.

I don’t know if any of you remember Carol Noel. She was my first secretary back in 2001. She was with me a long time. She is now 84 1/2 years old and lives in a residential facility. I am her power of attorney, which has it’s plus and minuses just ask Summer. Well, I took her out to lunch at the Legends. We wound up going to five guys. Lo and behold one of my families was there and they gave me a big hug. It was so nice seeing them. I was so worried about getting Carol her drink that I dumped my drink on the counter next to where the straws were. It went everywhere. It was a large glass completely full. My mom took me by the arm and said Dr. Golon, I got you. She told me that I took care of her children. They were all grown now. She was willing to take care of me. I told her I didn’t feel that old that I needed taken care of, but it sure helped cleaning up as the liquid was going everywhere.

Early this week I finally got in with a neurologist for my neck. Most of you know, I didn’t push that cart around with my computer for the looks of it. It helped prevent neck pain. This is something that’s been getting worse for a long time. With physicals on older kids, I have them move their neck around to make sure everything is OK. Some of you had noticed at the end that I wasn’t doing the movements with them. It just hurt too much. I was even amazed when a couple moms and dad said are you OK? What’s going on? I just told him I slept funny or my neck hurt or something. Well, I’m just getting old and have some arthritis. Nothing real serious. I will be getting a steroid injection to help with it in the near future, and should feel a lot better. Cathy needs to get her knees injected with steroids every couple of months and I guess I might be going down that road with my neck. I don’t know. The good news is it’s just getting old.

I’ve been to Walmart almost every day this week getting things that I forget to get or things for the party on Saturday. Each trip that should only take 10 to 15 minutes takes about an hour to two hours. There are so many families that stop me and talk with me and I love it. It seems before I was always in a hurry and was time constrained. Now I seem to have all the time in the world. I enjoy talking to everyone.

Yesterday I was at Menards at the Legends. A 20 something year-old male came up to me and said Dr. Golon how are you? I had no idea who he was. He said you don’t remember me and I said I’m sorry but how are you doing? I think I hurt his feelings , he just said OK and kind of walked away.

Yesterday evening, I took my two grandsons to pizza Street in Olathe. Lo and behold there was a family that came up and gave me a big hug when I was getting my pizza. I did recognize them and knew their names. My families are everywhere.  My grandson said to me grandma do you know people everywhere as last time we were at Silver dollar City, I saw a family and shared cinnamon bread with them.

I’ve been doing a lot of reading and currently reading an excellent book by Patricia Cornwell called identity unknown. This is part of the Scarpetta novels. This is a really really good series. I’ve also been reading a lot of Lee Child’s Jack reacher books. As always, James Patterson and David Baldacci as well as Sue Grafton write wonderful books. They’re easy to read and easily addictive. My husband knows that if Sean Connery 007(deceased), Oliver Stone, a fictional character in David Baldacci‘s books, Rod Stewart very much alive in his 80s, (he is touring, but his tickets are too expensive) or now Jack reacher a fictional character comes a calling, I’m on my way out with them. They’re all fictional or deceased except for Rod Stewart and I don’t think my husband has anything to worry about with him showing up on my doorstep. I wont give up hope though….

I hope to see many of you tomorrow, September 13 from 2 to 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church across the street from Leavenworth high school for my retirement/65th birthday party!

Can’t think of anything else, but if I do, I’ll send a post.

I miss you all! Always for the children,

Lori Ann Golon MD 

09/04/2025

Good morning families. One of the things I’m missing the most about being retired is talking with you. I really miss the communication. My husband suggested I communicate with those of you that want you through my Facebook. If that’s OK with you it’s OK with me. I would love to hear your stories if you feel comfortable putting them on Facebook. I’ve always told you that I lived through your adventures and love to hear your plans. I wanna know everything happening.

So I really consider my first day of retirement Tuesday, September 2. September 1 was Labor Day and I would’ve been off anyway.

I frequently walked my dogs on a gravel road with an incline on both sides with lots of vegetation. Hadn’t been a problem up until the evening of my first day of retirement. My husband and I were walking the dogs. Our golden retriever loves to run. She stands at one end of the gravel and I go to the other end. We let her run back-and-forth. She can run really fast. I keep the smaller dog with me. Once in a while, I let him run to my husband, but not usually. When our larger dog ginger came running back to me, she decided to attack our smaller dog Teddy. We were really close to the edge. I was pulling Ginger off of Teddy and ginger gave one big tug and I went over the edge. Head first. I was laying at an angle with my feet up in the air, close to the gravel and my head down close to the ravine. I was screaming for my husband, but he’s deaf as a door k**b, even with hearing aids. Eventually, he came running, but it took forever. Once he reached me, he tried to grab me and fell over on top of me. He was able to get up, but I still wasn’t able. Then a white truck drove by and an army man got out and said I’ll help you if it’s OK with you. He told my husband to stand back and hold the dogs. He stomped on some bushes, grabbed my hands and pulled. He was very gentle. He then asked if it was OK if he put his arms around my waist to pull me up. I said please. We got up on the road and I gave him a big hug. The army is always watching out for me. He dusted me off and wanted to drive me home but we were so close to our house that I said we could just walk. I guess I looked pretty bad. I had bushes in my hair and my clothes looked like camouflage. I didn’t really know how I looked until I got home and looked in the mirror. I survived with no bruises or injuries. Hot shower did the trick with new clothes. I am ever grateful to the army. I don’t know this man’s name, but if I ever see him again, I’m giving him another big hug.

For Labor Day, we took our small passport trailer to Hannibal, Missouri. Actually, we stayed in green bowling Missouri. We stayed at Cozy C RV park. It was rural but actually very nice. we went in the Mark Twain cave, which was nice. The tour guide was very young and had some corny jokes. We also took the Mark Twain River boat dinner cruise. It was definitely a one time deal.

Excited to spend more time with my grandkids. I took my grandson to soccer practice last evening. He’s in second grade, which was my favorite grade ever as most of you know. He comes up with some fantastic stories. He brightens my life as do my other grandchildren.

I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible September 13 from 2 to 5 at Trinity Lutheran Church for my retirement party/65th birthday party. I miss you all and have fantastic memories of so many of you.

If you don’t feel comfortable telling me stories through Facebook, You can email me at lori@golonmd.com or mail me a card with your story. PO Box 8, Lansing, Kansas 66043 I’ll try to answer all of them.

Always for the children,

Lori Ann Golon MD

08/28/2025

We love you all!!!!!!

08/27/2025

Good afternoon parents and guardians. Cathy and I took down all the baby pictures from the office today. They will be at the party on September 13th so that anyone that wants to take their child’s picture can. It was hard work getting them down. Hope to see you all on the 13th.

08/23/2025

Hello families and friends,

After 24+ years of pediatric practice in Leavenworth, I have decided to retire from my pediatric outpatient practice. This has been a bittersweet decision.

I have been incredibly lucky and honored to take care of such wonderful families. I feel like I belong to many families in Leavenworth . You have been in my life for my good times and bad times.
I remember the birth of my son Thaddeus, and how so many of you brought me gifts, food, and kindly tolerated him being in my office up until about two years of age.
We had so many wonderful years of Halloween parties ,first going through Cushing Hospital and then through the office. My family used to think I was nuts for buying pumpkins that weighed 80 to 110 pounds for kids to guess the weight and hopefully take one home. This was one of the most favorite things I’ve ever done.
In the early years, we used to dye Easter eggs in examination room five. It was so messy and so much fun. I think we did it for a few years only to upset Cathy because she wound up cleaning up the mess.
Shortly after 911, one of my military dads flew a flag in my honor in Afghanistan. When I received the flag, certificate and a picture of him flying in the flag, I was speechless. I have never been so honored. I cherish these items. To all my military families, in taking care of your children, I felt like I was thanking you for protecting me and my family. You have also taught me a very important lesson, how to purge my junk...
To all of my families, so many of you helped me through my breast cancer treatment. You kept me strong and able to keep going through the tough times. When my sister Pauline passed away very unexpectedly, you were there for me again. The hugs and tears help me through this process . So many of you were introduced to her through our memorial wall. You listened to my stories and helped me grieve. Regardless of the stories I may have told you ,she really was a wonderful woman. I miss her very much.
And then three years ago this October there was my stroke. For my parents that work in the St. John’s, emergency room and KU cardiac ICU , there are no words to thank you for your quick excellent care. For all the calls, cards, food, and of course, chocolate that was brought to me by you, my families, I am forever grateful. By the grace of God, I have very little residual problems from this illness. I think that my resilience and quick healing was in response to wanting to be with you, my families. Taking care of your children has been the greatest gift I have ever been given.

So most of you know that when your child comes in around the birthday time I ask, where is my piece of birthday cake. And no, I’m not kidding. I love cake.

Please join me September 13 from 2 to 5 PM at
Trinity Lutheran Church 2101 10th Ave, Leavenworth, KS, across the street from Leavenworth high school for my retirement/65-year-old birthday party. I cannot think of a better way to celebrate my retirement and 65th birthday than with my wonderful family.

Although the light in my private office will go off on August 29 , 2025 at noon, I will think of you all every day and expect to hear from you to keep me updated.

Always for the children,
With much love,

Lori Ann Golon MD

12/24/2024

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