OSF Saint Francis Medical Center reopens its heart transplant program
PEORIA — Everyone thought COVID-19 was the cause when 23-year-old John Wlodarchak ended up in OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center in April 2020 suffering from heart failure. Wlodarchak, who lives in Mendota, had always been healthy. Just the week before he started having flu-like symptoms after he had run four miles, something he did regularly as a former high school cross-country runner. But COVID-19 was not the cause — test after test came back negative for COVID-19 and othe...
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