Michael Lillestol, MD, FACP

The last 6 to 8 months of 2023 my health began failing at a consistent rate with no specific diagnosis found. I was in and out of Sanford for a few weeks and Dr. Michael Lillestol would round on me every morning at 6:30am when in hospital. Even though he couldn’t change any of my orders; he could make recommendations to the hospitalist assigned to me. Also, I ended up being an inpatient at Mayo (Rochester) for 34 days and found out he had been following my care there and knew exactly what I had experienced throughout my Mayo inpatient stay. Dr Lillestol is very dedicated to his patients, provides awesome patient care as he truly cares about each of his patients. It radiates through and through. I wouldn’t want anyone other than Dr Lillestol providing my medical care. He will refer you to a specialist if he feels your medical condition is outside his expertise. Dr Lillestol is a loving and caring physician to his patients which is very difficult to find these days from the pools of doctors rendering what they feel is good patient care. My husband and I are blessed to have Dr Lillestol as our primary care provider.

When Connie and myself met Dr Lillestol the first time Connie was in really bad shape. She had suffered a subaracnoid hemorrhage and was hospitalized for 5 months. She was then transferred to a nursing home where we thought they would take good care of her. We were wrong. She developed a bed sore so bad she developed sepsis, pneumonia, mrsa. Luckily her feeding tube broke and she had to go to the hospital to have it fixed. This is when we met Dr. Lillestol found out all these other things. He told us that the outcome might not be good. She had surgery to fix the bed sore which was horrible and worse than we thought. Connie was in the hospital and swing bed for another month and then on to a new nursing home. Dr. Lillestol has been our Dr. since all of this and to date. He explained to us that Connie may be living in a nursing home the rest of her life. This all happened in 2014 we only knew one thing. How to fight. With the help of Dr. Lillestol and the fine people at the nursing home Connie made great strides and in January of 2016 I retired and Connie came home. I am now her caregiver and everything is going great. We would not be in this position without Dr. Lillestol and his fine staff. He always makes sure we spend enough time with him so we can all be on the same page. When he partnered with MDVIP he asked us if we wanted to be part of it to. Only took a second to say yes. Didn't even ask the cost, didn't care. Dr. Lillestol is absolutely the most genuine person there is and we are so greatful for having him as Connie's Dr. Dr. Lillestol is a great Dr. but even a better human being. He's truly a treasure.