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Patient Stories

The people we serve are at the heart of everything we do. By making an impact in a person's life, we're living out our mission of creating healthier communities. Each person we heal has their own story of what the care of CHI St. Luke's Health provided meant to them. Lean more behind the medicine from the patient stories.

How Deep Brain Stimulation Helped Michael Find a New Focus

How a Change of Heart Improved Jerry DeHaven’s Life

How a Change of Heart Improved Jerry DeHaven’s Life

Sarah

Sarah’s Story: Feeling Stronger Every Day

Ann Apel

Ann’s Story: Overcoming the Odds

How Heather Lozada’s Life Changed After Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Work of Heart: Dessie Bice Patient Story

A Work of Heart: Dessie Bice's Story

The Brains Behind Innovative Parkinson's Treatment: Craig Parrish's Story

Janie Tsai

Time Lost is Brain Lost: Janie Tsai’s Story

Rudy Hardy

How Rudy Regained Control After a Parkinson’s Diagnosis

Collaborative Care Approach Leads to Creative, Lifesaving Treatment for Olivia Henderson

Cynthia Doyle, CHI St. Luke's transoral thyroidectomy patient

Living Cancer and Scar-Free: How a Transoral Thyroidectomy Gave Cynthia Hope

How a Minimally Invasive Procedure Allowed a Basketball Coach to Get Back to the Court

How a Minimally Invasive Procedure Allowed a Basketball Coach to Get Back to the Court

Woman Smiling Walking Down Stairs

Making Great Strides: Diana Richardson’s Weight Loss Journey

Woman in Hospital Room

How Weight Loss Surgery Set up Colleen Shumate for Success

Man Holding Golf Club

Gastroenterology & Digestive Health

Spencer’s Story: GERD Gone Overnight

Family Matters When It Comes to Senior Care

Two CHI St. Luke's Health Hospitals Set the Stage for Successful Double Lung Transplant

How Godfrey “GW” Biscamp Realized His Dream of Flying Again

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The Woodlands Hospital Emergency and Cardiovascular Teams Act Fast to Save a Life

How a Triple Transplant Team Gave John Bell New Chance at Life

The Woodlands Hospital Cardiovascular Team Works Together to Repair Aneurysm

CHI St. Luke’s Health–Patients Medical Center Diagnoses “a Blessing in Disguise”

Living on a Spare: How Two Hearts Gave John Guidry His Life Back

The Woodlands Hospital Team Brings Avid Rower Back to His Boat

Knee Surgery Improved Rosa Avina’s Quality of Life

Heart of a Winner: How Shae Brown’s Heart Transplant Changed Her Life

Orthopedic Surgery Puts Police Officer Back on the Streets

How a Heart Transplant Opened the Door for Mike Norton’s Next Adventure

Sidney Haertel Gets Her Happily Ever After With Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Group Physicians Diagnose and Treat Arthritis Patient

Patients Medical Center Saves Diabetic Woman from Loss of Limb

Smokey Rashid Has a New Fire in His Heart

How a Liver Transplant Put Maksim Koloskov Back in the Race

How A Heart Transplant Allowed Phred Williams to March to the Beat of His Own Drum

How a Liver Transplant Made Bill Fenn Feel 10 Years Younger

How a Heart and Double Lung Transplant Enabled Rebecca Holder to Outlive All Expectations

Baylor St. Luke’s esteemed doctor treats out-of-state patient

How a Valve Replacement Has Kept 93-Year-Old Lina Duerr “Alive and Kicking”

Baylor St. Luke’s Heart Exchange Support Group Provided Hope During Fearful Time

Despite Unexpected Turbulence, Kevin Spencer Continues to Fly High

Divine Medical Intervention: Houston Pastor’s Heart Is Restored

Physicians restore circulation so Roy Puckett can put his best foot forward

How Brent Landrum Got His Heart Back in the Game

Cutting Edge: How Nick Godkin’s Brain Tumor Was Treated Without an Incision

How a Comprehensive Stroke Center Gave Tiffany Kennedy Her Second Wind

How Lynda Degeyter’s Giving Heart Was Made Good as New

Lorne Montgomery: The Brainpower to Give a Pilot Back His Wings

How a Breathing Lung Transplant Patient is Singing Again

Baylor St. Luke’s Heart Exchange Support Group Provides Confidence to Patients and Volunteers Alike

How Acting Fast Got Bob Ruff Back on His Feet

How Smart Medicine Gives Kaitlin Foster the College Experience

Rising to the Occlusions: How James McGarvey Took on a Quadruple Bypass

How an Artificial Heart Was the Bridge to the Rest of Shawn Galloway’s Life

How Double Bypass Surgery Answered a Minister’s Prayer

How Kurt Metzger Discovered the Power of Compassionate Care

How Cyndi Bigger Found Hope After Cancer Led to Heart Failure

Alvin Allen’s Hope was Resuscitated

Scott Lapierre: Back on the Move After a Surprising Diagnosis