as the medical consultant for the All Women Count program for the state of South Dakota since their inception. “This is a fabulous program that does low and no cost breast and cervical screenings and provides resources for women throughout the whole state, based on federally established income guidelines. Dr. Milroy with her husband. This is important because as we know, South Dakota is unfortunately one of the Medicaid non-expansion states that leave a lot of working women, with little or no insurance. Besides all the volunteering, travel has been a priority for the doctors. Dr. Dan Johnson is not completely retired, however he still makes time for plenty of adventures with Mary. In the fall of 2017, three weeks were spent in Northern Italy. “We never even got south” she chuckles. “We just drove around and stayed for three or four days at a time at various air bed and breakfasts. We went to Venice. I loved Tuscany! We had such a really relaxing, fabulous time.” The couple’s youngest daughter, Amy, was on a hiatus in between career changes and had a two month trip planned for Bali. She invited her parents to come out and stay for a few weeks too. They all had a wonderful time exploring, hiking and scuba diving there. A third trip was with a tour group from Yankton that was led by Mike and Linda Stevens. This time they went to Israel. While in Israel they visited many biblical sites that brought the old teachings to life. They swam in the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. They walked around in Masada, Jordan and Jerusalem. They visited the Wailing Wall during the Friday evening Shabbat and experienced the special prayer service. An especially sacred and profound event was when Dr. Milroy and her husband were re-baptized in the Jordan River. The spring and summer of 2018 found the doctors as busy as ever. Both were very involved in wedding and graduation preparations for their three other daughters. The oldest, Carrie, resides in Washington DC, but she and her now husband; Christopher Vondracek, wanted to get married in Yankton because they both had lots of family in the area. Dr. Milroy was “the boots on the ground” in charge of getting everything coordinated for the July 28th nuptials. The twins; Leslie and Laura Johnson, celebrated Still teaching. completing grad school from the University of Minnesota the month before. Laura graduated with her Masters of Business Administration, while Leslie graduated with a three year Masters degree in Landscape Architecture. Dr. Milroy and Dr. Dan Johnson are immensely proud of all their children. The most recent news occurred in January of 2019. The doctors flew to Tanzania with a volunteer group called “Hope Ministries” that is based out of Elk Point, South Dakota. While there they worked at two Selian hospital in Arusha and Bugando hospital in Mwanza. They both operated “all the way through” their stay. Even after a two year break from performing surgery she jumped right in. Dr. Milroy states, “These were some of the toughest cases I’ve ever done in my life.” Even though one of the teaching hospitals had 1,000 beds, there was no mammography equipment available and many patients presented very late into their illnesses. She did surgery and lectured for students at teaching hospitals. Dr. Milroy truly misses her patients and co-workers in the Yankton area, even two plus years after retiring. “In the beginning it was a big adjustment. I knew though, that the days of me standing on my feet all day long in the operating room couldn’t go on forever. I decided to take some time to do all the things I had been wanting to for so long. I wanted to be swimming in the ocean, going on hikes, and having adventures.” A word that Dr. Milroy uses consistently to describe whatever she was doing, whether having her hands in dirt, cooking with kids, performing surgery, or making wedding arrangements is FUN. It’s hard not to be inspired by meeting someone so incredibly energetic and joyful. Even though Dr. Milroy is way too busy having fun to let the grass grow under her feet, she is positively blooming with happiness, is basking in the sun and looking forward to an exciting future. n HERVOICEvMARCH/APRIL 2019v9