Family Stories

5-month-old Joshua was born at 23 weeks. While he was being discharged, he contracted influenza and had to be airlifted to Ochsner Baptist Hospital.  His ...

Raysean Jr., born on 12/14/2015 at 29 weeks born in Lake Charles, LA.  He was able to go home Mom, Cynthia & Raysean Sr. were ...

3-month-old Nolan was diagnosed with Trisomy 22 at birth.  It is a rare chromosomal disorder in which chromosome 22 appears three times rather than twice ...

Leah, a two-year-old from Arkansas, has Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia (PCH), a condition that affects the development of the brain. In utero, she had a stroke and ...

"Momo" turned 6 with us this week! She was born with Complex Congenital Heart Disease and was flown to New Orleans from Nigeria with her ...

Daniel is 10 years old and was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Disease shortly after birth. Recently, he and his family stayed with us at ...

Greyson Earl was born 10 weeks early. He and his mom Charlene are from Baton Rouge, LA. Charlene spent 47 days in Touro Hospital prior ...

"My name is Anniston. When I was 9 I was a healthy softball player.  I was walking out of school one day and my heart stopped. CPR ...

  "The Stapleton family checked into RMHC on March 9, 2022, because their baby girl, Sunday, had been diagnosed with Hemangioma along with several other ...

"Audrey was born on December 4th, 2022 at Jennings American Legion Hospital. On December 8th, our pediatrician asked us to come to Our Lady of ...

Kylon is an 18-year-old athlete from Saint Joseph, LA. Kylon, who was recently diagnosed with Leukemia, was an Allstar basketball and football player in his ...

Alex, age 2, came to us on November 27th from Miami, Florida.  Alex is diagnosed with Acquired Brain Injury, which is a type of brain ...