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Inspiring 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 St. Luke's Health provided meant to them. Lean more behind the medicine from the patient stories.

Honduran breast cancer survivor rushes to Baylor St. Luke’s for emergency liver cyst removal

MAY 16, 2025

Vilma Crespo had been cancer-free for almost five years. She became understandably concerned when she started experiencing pain in her upper abdomen.

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Cutting-edge, convenient cardiac care in Brazosport

MAY 16, 2025

St. Luke’s Brazosport Hospital can now perform complex cardiac cases with the arrival of a device that keeps blood and oxygen flowing while surgeons fix the heart.

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Overcoming stroke with inpatient rehabilitation

MAY 08, 2025

Mason Villegas was 17 years old when he suffered a brain bleed during surgery at a Texas hospital. He woke up paralyzed on his left side with peripheral vision damage.

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Surviving lung cancer's silent progression

MAY 08, 2025

Les LeBleu, 67, came down with a case of bronchitis he couldn’t shake. The self-described “stubborn male” mostly ignored it. After three months, his wife insisted he see a doctor.

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Cancer survivor Lisa Guidry advocates for patients

APR 28, 2025

Paying for breast cancer treatment isn’t only about money. It's one more vital issue that patients must confront.

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Spring man in his 50s couldn’t outrun family history of heart disease

APR 18, 2025

Ben Aguilar was in good shape—running marathons, living clean, and staying active. But family history doesn’t run—it catches up.

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The Stories of St. Luke's Health

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