Patient Stories Articles

When 9-year-old Brayden Guillot’s eye began to swell and shift over the summer, his mom, Rejetta, knew something was wrong. One weekend in July, his right eye became noticeably swollen and shifted out of place, and he was experiencing double vision. “We took him to an...

When a baby graduates from the NICU, the journey isn’t over. Life has just begun. That’s why the Neurodevelopmental Clinic, a collaboration between Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health and Woman’s Hospital, exists: to give NICU graduates the specialized care and...

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...

When you meet 12-year-old Kinley Spencer of Youngsville, the first thing you notice isn’t her diagnosis. It’s her personality.   “She is as funny as they come,” her mom, Megan, says. “She’s witty, artsy, outdoorsy and has a ton of personality. Volleyball, hunting,...