Family Stories

Zachary was born April 11th and immediately placed on an ECMO life support system due to Meconium Aspiration Syndrome, which occurs when a newborn breathes ...

When baby Paisley was only 16 days old, she was flown in from Shreveport, LA to receive medical treatment at Children’s Hospital New Orleans.  She ...

Brantley is a vibrant, active, and strong-willed 4 year old who suffers from Alpha-mannosidase deficiency, a rare genetic disorder, which required him to need a ...

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 ...