Articles

• Daily Herald
  Arlington Heights Epilepsy Sufferer Sponsors Conference
  In Hopes of Getting Closer to a Cure
  By Jane Opperman
  July 14, 2003
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• Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
  
  Parish Nurse in Action: The Power of Pets
  by Jill Milner, Parish Nurse
  September 9th 2001
  Recently, I had the honor of keeping vigil with a church family, the Filsteads, during the partial paral-ysis and eventual sad passing, of their companion and guardian of eleven years, a great German shepherd named Hans. This was the loss of a very special family member, and akin to losing a guardian dog for the blind.
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• Stroke Smart Magazine
  
  Easing a Child's Pain After Stroke Strikes Mom
  by Lynn Bronikowski
  September/October 2001
  Matthew Filstead was one day old when his mother suffered from a stroke. While Mathew was slept in the nursery, his mother was clinging to life in the Intensive Care Unit at Chicago Prentice Women's Hospital, hooked up to machines and IV's unable to roll over or focus her vision. Most painful of all, she could not hold her newborn son.
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• Stroke Connection Magazine
  
  A New Life
  By Heather Harper
  January/Febuary 2001
  Packing lunches, washing clothes, making beds - it's all in a day's work for a full-time mother. But what if her work is constantly interrupted because she cannot control her body?
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• Arlington Heights Post Article
  
  The quest for a cure
  by Jerry Wallis
  March 9, 2000
  Young Matthew Filstead wanted to do what doctors couldn't: cure his mother.
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• Articles which appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times
  by Mary A. (Johnson) Mitchell
  To print out all 3 articles in book format, as a PDF.

  Good Enough Friends to Make It Work
  January, 14 , 1993
  Susan Filstead is my only white friend.
  The last time I saw her was probably more than a year ago. Susan would know exactly because she keeps up with these things better than I do.
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  Marriage that Blooms in Tough Times is Magic
  March 30, 1997
  In a world where you can dump a mate quicker than you can find one, I am truly inspired by love.
  I'm not talking about the rush of feelings that can overtake you when the air is fresh with the scent of spring. Or even the free fall into a relationship that lands in marriage.
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  Sick Mom Wants to Give Hope to Son and Others
  May 14, 2000
  Matthew's mom is special.
  Besides being funny, she's patient and she spends most of her time just looking after him. What 7-year-old boy wouldn't want a mom like that?
  When Matthew's happy, his mom, Susan Filstead, is at her best. When he's sad, well...
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