Without music, life was meaningless for Daniel Stover. “Music is my artistic outlet. I can’t draw. I can’t act. I can’t sing,” says Stover. “Playing an instrument allows me to express my passion for life.” When a severe hemorrhagic stroke due to a brain tumor left Stover unable to use his left hand, he thought [Continue Reading]
Taking a Leap of Faith Turns Injured Teen’s Life Around
While visiting her grandparents in Horatio, Arkansas, to celebrate Thanksgiving, Madison, then 13, was driving her 3-year-old cousin around a pasture on the family’s ATV while her mom Mandy was inside preparing dishes for the upcoming holiday dinner when the unexpected happened. “For some reason Madison decided to cross the road and they were hit [Continue Reading]
Watch What Happens When Houston Rockets’ Dwight Howard Surprises Kids in the Hospital
Imagine being a child in the hospital, you’re watching a video of one of your favorite sports heroes, and when you put down the video viewer, he’s standing right before you! That’s exactly what happened to some lucky patients at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. Using cutting-edge technologies such as 360-degree video and Google Cardboard, Houston [Continue Reading]
Heart Failure Threatens to End Baby’s Life Before He’s Born
Mom-to-be Sara Roberts received some alarming news roughly 20 weeks into her pregnancy. Florida residents, she and her husband Dillon were at a routine ultrasound appointment when the doctor pointed out an abnormality. At a follow-up appointment with her specialist, they learned their unborn baby, Ellis, had a broncho-pulmonary sequestration (BPS) which was causing his [Continue Reading]
From Canada to Houston: Life Flight Goes the Distance for a Trauma Patient
Last October while vacationing in Canada, Houston resident Joyce Wells suffered a traumatic fall. She had been staying in Nova Scotia, Canada, when she was accidentally locked out of her vacation home. A gust of wind slammed a door shut and, while attempting to climb back into the house through another door, Wells lost her [Continue Reading]
House Fire Destroys a Child’s One-of-a-kind Necklace Chronicling her Heart Surgeries
Penny Pate was asleep when her home unexpectedly caught fire in May 2014. Penny’s two sons discovered the blaze that started on their front porch and alerted their parents in the middle of the night. Penny and her husband John had just enough time to get themselves and the four children out the back door [Continue Reading]