Patient Stories Articles

Geaux Hero: A Young Mom Battles Breast Cancer with Strength and Support

At just 27 years old, Katelyn Carmouche’s world shifted in a moment she never saw coming. Two weeks before her daughter Ellianna’s second birthday, Katelyn was diagnosed July 15 with Stage 3 triple negative breast cancer. The Carmouche family had been living in Korea,...

A Life-Saving First: Mississippi’s First TAMBE Patient at St. Dominic Hospital

When 76-year-old farmer Dan Branton thinks about his care at St. Dominic Hospital, one word rises above the rest: grateful. Dan, who has farmed in the Mississippi Delta for more than five decades, became the first patient in Mississippi to undergo a new minimally...

Geaux Hero: Swinging Back Strong After a Rare Sinus Fungus

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...

A Lifeline After the NICU in Baton Rouge: The Neurodevelopmental Clinic

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...