Sep 3, 2025 | Patient Stories
When you think of a stroke, you probably picture an adult in their 60s or 70s. But for 11-year-old Cole Ditmore, it happened after an accident on a playground in Ascension Parish. Thanks to his mom’s quick instincts and the seamless response of multiple hospital...
May 8, 2025 | Patient Stories
Brock Wesberry has faced more in his seven years than many people do in a lifetime. But you’d never know it from his wide smile, love of baseball or honor roll report card. Brock was 2 when he was diagnosed with minimal change disease, a form of nephrotic syndrome...
May 2, 2025 | Patient Stories
Just before Harmoni Jones turned four years old, her preschool teacher alerted Harmoni’s mother, Deantonecia Jones, that the little girl had experienced a seizure in class. As surprising as the news was, it was just the beginning of a years-long struggle to diagnose...
Apr 29, 2025 | Patient Stories
For Karen, the first week of April was a journey filled with deep sorrow and unexpected comfort. As her beloved husband, Wesley, faced his final days, the care they received at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center brought light into one of life’s heaviest...
Apr 29, 2025 | Patient Stories
One morning, everything changed. A young mother in Ascension Parish woke up feeling numb on one side. Within moments, she couldn’t move the entire left side of her body. Living in a two-story home, she couldn’t get downstairs. Her daughter, a junior in high school at...
