Patient Stories Articles

Geaux Hero: Robert’s Second Chance

On March 31, 2025, Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Deputy Robert Williams was directing traffic at a large oil tank fire in Livonia. As fire trucks left the scene, a distracted driver failed to stop, striking Robert and a fire official’s pickup truck. He was knocked...

Pancreatic Cancer Patient Overcomes Obstacles to Get Back on the Tennis Court

Tennis is life to Shelby Dufrene. She played tennis in college at University of Louisiana – Lafayette and has taught tennis in Baton Rouge for more than three years. Nothing could keep her from the tennis court — even a diagnosis of stage 3 pancreatic cancer. And it...

Geaux Hero: Team Scarlett Cheers Through It All

When Scarlett Phillips, a sophomore at LSU’s University Laboratory School, first felt a pain in her knee last fall, she thought it was from cheerleading practice. “I just kept thinking I was being dramatic,” she says. “I wanted to push through for my team.” Her coach...

A New Lease on Life: Larry’s Journey Through Esophageal Cancer Surgery 

At 80 years old, Larry Boudreaux thought he had his health figured out. So when he began feeling unusually tired, the Thibodaux native assumed it was related to his diabetes. But within weeks, he started having trouble swallowing, the first sign that something more...