01/05/2026
Every day, we live and breathe our mission to lead our communities to well-being, one person at a time, and you can see that in the stories throughout the latest edition of our Mission Magazine publication.
• In the early morning hours, Brice and Grace Brown faced every parent’s worst fear when their newborn son suddenly stopped breathing. Thanks to their fast action — and our specialized pediatric ready care team — Kolson’s thriving today.
• Retirement wasn’t turning out the way Dave Steinard thought it would. He was doubling and then tripling up on the recommended doses of over-the-counter pain relievers, but he might as well have just been eating candy, for all the good it did him. But a conversation with a friend set Dave on a path to the retirement he’d always imagined.
• From the beginning, Lance Pence was the kind of nurse Reid team members wanted to be around — calm in a crisis, quick with humor, and unfailingly kind. A Critical Care Unit (CCU) charge nurse, he had a gift for connecting with people. When Lance passed away in April 2024, he left a legacy of patient-centered care. Now his wife, Tara, herself a CCU nurse at Reid, carries his legacy forward in nursing.
• Perseverance and determination have carried Deanna Medley, NP, through personal challenges and tragedy to a career focused on compassionate, patient-centered care. With both bedside skill and empathy, she doesn’t just treat illness — she brings comfort to the whole person, which is why she was selected as our first recipient of the Advanced Practice Provider of the Year Award.
Read these stories and much more at https://www.reidhealth.org/mission-magazine/fall-2025.
