Jun 25, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories
Connie Gremillion was in her Abbeville home the morning of January 22, 2023, when she heard a sudden crash from the kitchen. Startled, she ran to the room to find her husband Brian on the floor trying to pick up pieces of a coffee cup he dropped. “I asked him what had...
May 28, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories
At 49, Shannon’s life took an unexpected turn when a stroke struck without warning. “When I woke up, I was not able to move. I tried to move, but when I got up, I fell,” Shannon says. “My niece had noticed there’s something wrong, so she called 911. They...
May 1, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories
Although Ms. Willie Mae Davis downplays her experience of having a stroke last November at her home in Bosco, her story is a testament to the importance of fast treatment and care for stroke. “When it happened, it just happened all at once,” Ms. Davis, 78, remembers....
May 1, 2024 | Neuroscience, Patient Stories, Team Member Spotlights
Picture a typical Sunday morning in December. A dad is making breakfast for his daughters before his youngest’s final “Mississippi Ballet Nutcracker” performance. For Ryan McBride, 46, this normal morning routine ended with a medical emergency. Thanks to his...
Feb 21, 2024 | Patient Stories
Waterfront homes in Louisiana are usually high off the ground because of flooding, and Venessa Chapman’s home on the Ouachita River is no different. Fifteen steps of a staircase take her from her driveway on the ground floor to the front door each day. Even in her...
