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‘Like My Chest Exploded’: Cassie’s Story of Surviving an Aortic Dissection 

‘Like My Chest Exploded’: Cassie’s Story of Surviving an Aortic Dissection 

Sep 23, 2025 | Heart Health, Patient Stories

It was supposed to be an ordinary summer day in Vacherie. Cassie Falgoust, 55, was outside doing yard work while her husband mowed nearby. She started weed eating when she was hit with a sudden pain. “I felt this enormous pop in my chest,” Cassie recalls. “It was like...
Vibrio, Sepsis and Survival: HF’s Story of Hope and Healing 

Vibrio, Sepsis and Survival: HF’s Story of Hope and Healing 

Sep 18, 2025 | Patient Stories

For more than 36 years, Herman “HF” Middleton and his wife, Regina, have shared life side by side. They married in 1989, the same year Regina began her career as a nurse at Our Lady of the Lake. Over the decades, the Lake has been central to their lives — her...
Geaux Hero: Jason Survives Heart Attack on ‘a Pulse and a Prayer’ 

Geaux Hero: Jason Survives Heart Attack on ‘a Pulse and a Prayer’ 

Sep 11, 2025 | Heart Health, Team Member Spotlights

On an ordinary Saturday evening, Jason Moore walked into work at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, just like he had countless times before. As a security guard assigned to the night shift, Jason took pride in keeping the hospital safe for patients,...
Transforming Emergency Care: Our Lady of the Lake Launches Emergency Department Renovation 

Transforming Emergency Care: Our Lady of the Lake Launches Emergency Department Renovation 

Aug 25, 2025 | About Us

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center is taking a generational step forward in emergency care with a more than $55 million renovation of its emergency department. The multi-phase project will expand capacity, integrate advanced technology and improve both...
Patient’s Battle with COVID Highlights Louisiana’s Top Respiratory Care Center 

Patient’s Battle with COVID Highlights Louisiana’s Top Respiratory Care Center 

Aug 14, 2025 | Patient Stories

In August 2021, Dillon Major was doing everything he could to stay out of the hospital. He had gone four years without even getting so much as a cold. But then COVID struck, and he knew this time was different.  “With COVID, I just kept getting worse. I couldn’t even...
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The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System is one of the largest healthcare systems based in Louisiana and the largest pediatric network in the state. The health system was organized in 1984 as a non-profit, Catholic organization, sponsored by the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady. FMOLHS is the leading healthcare provider for more than half of Louisiana’s population and Mississippi’s largest metropolitan area. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the health system manages seven major medical centers in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as an integrated Children’s Health network, Senior Services division, and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, known as FranU. Learn more about our ministry: 
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