02/02/2026
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Ed Larsen was just about to head out the door after making a follow-up appointment Dec. 3 at Silver Cross Medical Group in Lemont when he felt an excruciating pain in his left shoulder.
“Then, it spread to my back. It felt like someone was stabbing me, the pain was so bad,” said Ed, 71, of Bolingbrook. “The lady up front said, ‘You don’t look so good.’ I said, ‘I don’t feel so good.’”
Patient Services Representative Shauna Tauer immediately notified Medical Assistants Itzel Torres and April Marlowe, who brought him into an exam room to sit down. As Shauna called for an ambulance, Ashley Miniet, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Dr. Mary Dea, whom Ed had just seen for an unrelated issue, placed him on the floor and began to assess him.
Ed said he doesn’t remember much after being laid to the floor and then put into an ambulance headed for Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.
“Mr. Larsen was found to be having a STEMI, one of the more severe types of heart attacks, where an artery is nearly totally clogged,” said Ashley. “If not treated within 90 minutes of onset, there could be severe heart damage or death. The Lemont team worked hard as a unit, which in turn saved this patient’s life. I’m very proud of my team.”
Read Ed’s full story here: https://www.silvercross.org/about/news/2026/fast-work-by-silver-cross-medical-group-lemont-150-team-saves-bo/
