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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.

Busy mom doesn’t skip a beat with replacement heart valve

JUL 18, 2024

After a single night’s stay at Baylor St. Luke’s, 35-year-old Lura was back home, thanks to the care she received from Interventional Cardiologist Dhaval Parekh.

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A cardiac comeback

JUL 09, 2024

Usually, a stroke renders a patient too sick for a heart transplant but thanks to the team, Damien H. received a new heart and is doing well.

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An organ donation that’s all in the family

JUN 11, 2024

"The doctor told us that he would need a new kidney in 5 or 10 years," recalled JP, Jay's father. He and his wife started thinking about suitable donors.

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Man with rare allergy has new lease on life after Baylor St. Luke’s

MAY 24, 2024

In July 2023, Elton Youngblood was diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome, which is a sugar found in the tissues of all mammals except humans and other primates.

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Early Detection Is Cancer's Worst Enemy

MAR 08, 2024

42-year-old Houston CPA is living proof that early detection of ovarian cancer improves one’s treatment and prognosis.

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New heart, new lease on life

FEB 29, 2024

An Austin realtor participated in a recent 5K to celebrate the new heart he received at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center after struggling with a genetic heart condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for 30 years.

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The Stories of St. Luke's Health

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