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Geaux Hero: 4-year-old Leukemia Patient Gets Expert Care at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital  

Geaux Hero: 4-year-old Leukemia Patient Gets Expert Care at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital  

Jan 18, 2024 | Patient Stories

In January 2023, Destiny O’Bryan was starting to worry about her daughter. At 3 years old, Ahnalyse Choplin wasn’t much of a napper, but suddenly the once-energetic toddler was taking four to five naps a day. After checking her temperature and finding a fever of 104...
Geaux Hero: Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital Helps Two-Year-Old Breathe Easy with Reconstructed Airway

Geaux Hero: Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital Helps Two-Year-Old Breathe Easy with Reconstructed Airway

Nov 15, 2023 | Patient Stories

Respiratory issues due to COVID-19 and RSV are a top concern for parents and pediatric doctors. For two-and-a-half-year-old Carter Parker, the side effects of those illnesses put his life in danger, making it incredibly difficult for him to breathe. In January 2022,...
Geaux Hero: LSU Football Star Greg Brooks Jr. Gets Expert Care for Rare Brain Cancer from Our Lady of the Lake

Geaux Hero: LSU Football Star Greg Brooks Jr. Gets Expert Care for Rare Brain Cancer from Our Lady of the Lake

Nov 10, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights

Dizziness and vertigo were the first signs that something was wrong for Greg Brooks Jr., a senior safety for the LSU Football team. Greg was on his way to being a big part of the Tigers’ 2023 season after starting in 13 of 14 games last year. This season, his...
Geaux Hero: David Van De Car, DO, Brings the Same Care to Heart Patients as He Did for Army Soldiers

Geaux Hero: David Van De Car, DO, Brings the Same Care to Heart Patients as He Did for Army Soldiers

Oct 18, 2023 | Team Member Spotlights

It’s said that the military gives you training that stays with you the rest of your life. For David Van De Car, DO, an interventional cardiologist with Our Lady of the Lake Heart and Vascular Institute, it prepared him for the fast-paced environment and variety of...
Geaux Hero: Rose Marie Fife is on a Mission After Breast and Lung Cancer Diagnoses

Geaux Hero: Rose Marie Fife is on a Mission After Breast and Lung Cancer Diagnoses

Oct 11, 2023 | Cancer

No one ever needed to tell Rose Marie Fife to get an annual cancer screening. Her mother died of breast cancer at 74, so she consistently includes mammograms into her annual routine. But in 2006, her doctors found a lump indicating stage 1 breast cancer. She was 52 at...
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