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ArkLaTex Miracle Workers

  • Living proof miracles really happen

    April 13, 2009

    At one time doctors told him he only had two years to live. But today Doug Grant is very much alive. The husband and father is living proof that miracles do really happen. It started off as a cough and cold, doug couldn't get rid of. But,... more »
  • Teen on the road to recovery after surgery

    February 16, 2009

    After Katy Garza injured her foot, it became infected. Her parents were told by one doctor to prepare for the eighth grader's funeral. But thanks to the work of local doctors, Katy will be walking again very soon. Katy is like may other 15 year olds girls. She enjoys... more »
  • Miracle workers found in east Texas

    January 26, 2009

    Imagine almost losing your leg due to a staff infection. Well, for one young girl, this was a reality she faced. But thanks to a few missionaries, she will soon be able to walk again. Agnes Samabea is your typical girl. She loves watching TV and playing... more »
  • Waggoner twins get support from Arklatex Miracle Workers

    December 15, 2008

    You're about to meet two amazing young ladies who have impacted several lives. Twins Mallory and Megan Waggoner, two senior softball players at Airline High School, have been playing sports since they were three years old, but now are forced to stop. The reason, an infection of the brain... more »
  • Arklatex Miracle Workers come forward for the holidays

    December 8, 2008

    Some children have a laundry list of gifts they want for Christmas. Others just want to know they are cared about. Several organizations worked together to make sure that wish came true for one local family dealing with a rare genetic illness. Daniel Norris looks like your average, happy-go-lucky... more »
  • Little girl offers donation to Locks of Love

    November 3, 2008

    Sometimes the biggest gifts come in the smallest packages. That's the case with little Lachle Boniol who wanted to help cancer patients, inch by inch. Lachle just turned six and got one of the coolest birthday gifts any kid could get, Hannah Montana sheets. But Lachle's birthday hasn't just been... more »
  • Lifesavers save a man in express lane

    October 27, 2008

    Bill Hayford went to Brookshires on Line Avenue in Shreveport on a Sunday last month to pick up some butter and detergent. While Bill was in the express lane, he checked out. Of life. His heart stopped and he fell to the floor. Nurse Bethany Hudson Noble... more »
  • Local football players get the help they need

    October 20, 2008

    It's unusual for a high school football player to go without a good pre-game meal. But one Arklatex football team has missed several after losing their booster club. But thanks to some special miracle workers and high profile names there's plenty of food to go around before friday night... more »
  • Blind mountain climber an inspiration to the world

    October 13, 2008

    As a high school freshman years ago, Erik Weihenmayer decided he wouldn't let his blindness keep him from his dreams. An eye disease robbed him of his sight but it wouldn't keep him from reaching new heights, literally. Now an adult, Weihenmayer is the only blind person to climb... more »
  • Child's life turned around thanks to miracle workers at Shriner's Hospital

    October 6, 2008

    In many ways, Gabriela Gavilanez is like so many other 14 year old girls. She likes art, playing the guitar and wants to be an attorney when she grows up. But its where Gabby is different that's brought teasing from other children and caused her to hide... more »
  • Members of Trauma Team at LSU Hospital are true miracle workers

    September 29, 2008

    "You have to be logical in your approach and then afterwards when you're talking to the family, that's when it touches you." That's how LSU trauma surgeon Dr. Cuthbert Simpkins describes dealing with trauma situations on a daily basis. Saving the lives of people who might not otherwise have... more »
  • Dedra Ash's thank you letter to those who prayed for her

    September 22, 2008

    9/22/08 If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all (Isaiah 7:9) In the last 21 weeks I have used this verse in a very literal way! My diagnosis is transverse myelitis (TM) which is a... more »
  • Willis-Knighton the best of the best

    September 15, 2008

    Willis-Knighton Hospital saw over 5,000 cases of heart failure this past year, with many of their patients going on to lead healthy, productive lives. It's their care of heart patients that recently earned them the nation's top ranking for saving the lives of heart failure patients. The... more »
  • Medical volunteers flood shelters during Gustav

    September 8, 2008

    They're physically and emotionally exhausted. You've heard that about the evacuees at area shelters during the flee from Hurricane Gustav. Its also true for the medical volunteers. Dr. Phillip Rozeman is the medical director of the Northwest Louisiana Medical Reserve Corps. He says, The miracle to me... more »
  • Hard work and perseverance pays off

    August 25, 2008

    Randy Jones believes the Good Lord helps those who help themselves. The Shreveport man taught himself how play pool all over again. One handed. That's because of what happened in Lawton, Oklahoma back in 1992. Randy came home to a burglary and didn't realize the... more »
  • Toddler beating the odds since the day she was born

    August 18, 2008

    She's already beaten the survival odds where statistics show 80- percent of the 144-thousand children affected by her disease don't survive. At two- years- old, Kylie Walleser Bush is recovering in a Nebraska hospital after having yet another surgery. She was born with... more »
  • Warmth and gratitude provided to veterans

    August 11, 2008

    You could feel the love in the halls of the Northwest Louisiana War Veterans Home in Bossier City. Members of the women's club at Love Chapel United Methodist Church in Haughton gave out 75 handmade quilts to veterans in the facility. Some were purple and gold. Some... more »
  • Unsung heroes at Lifeshare

    August 4, 2008

    Lifeshare Lab Technicians are sometimes the unsung heroes in the medical field. They often are called on by hospitals to find blood for their patients who have either been in a serious accident or need lifesaving surgery. But matching someone's blood isn't always simple. Sometimes... more »
  • Reunion of life and hope

    July 28, 2008

    More than a dozen patients showed up. The came from all over the region. Eric Ramage wore a t-shirt that said, "Prayers and ECMO saved my life". They came in gratitude and celebration. ECMO stands for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. The program was designed by LSCHSC's Dr. Steven Conrad.... more »
  • Mom copes with misdiagnosis of teen daughter

    July 21, 2008

    A mother knows her child. But Pearl Clark says she followed the lead of doctors in Monroe who initially told her that her daughter was mentally ill. Despite her gut feeling she listened but prayed that God would get her daughter the medical attention she needed. Now Pearl says... more »
  • Local woman devotes life to volunteering

    July 14, 2008

    Lenora Munyon was the very first volunteer at the Overton Brooks V.A. Medical Center. 58-years later, she's still volunteering. As a volunteer for the Salvation Army, Mrs. Munyon considers her work helping others as a duty and an honor. "The Salvation Army has been my church home... more »
  • Rookie lifeguard to be honored for saving life

    July 7, 2008

    19-year-old Krystal Keenan was on duty just five minutes with her brand new lifeguard certification when she saved a life. 14-year-old Matthew Parker had a seizure in the water at youth camp for Open Door Bible Church in Bossier City. Krystal remembers, "As soon as I got... more »
  • Lifesaving effort hits close to home

    June 30, 2008

    Eric Gentry saves lives for a living. He's a firefighter/paramedic with the Kissimmee, Florida Fire Department. He regularly donates blood. But his latest life saving attempt hit closer to home. Eric donated a kidney to his father-in-law, Cal Joyner of Bossier City. Cal is the fleet manager for... more »
  • Getting mobility back one step at a time

    June 23, 2008

    It was the worst pain Lee Williams had ever felt in his life. "The jack fell over. And when the jack fell over, it hit my foot." Williams was unloading newspapers from a truck when a several hundred pound hydraulic jack fell and crushed his left foot.... more »
  • Woman's life is turned around through courage and determination

    June 9, 2008

    She's 24, single, a mother of two and had cervical cancer. She's also homeless. Marie Ritchie grew up in a lifestyle of drug abuse and dysfunction. Her children were living in the same type of environment. Marie wanted a better life for herself and her... more »
  • Tending to spiritual needs of patients

    June 2, 2008

    If you've ever been a patient in the hospital, you know that you feel more vulnerable, maybe scared. What comforts you in a time like that? This week's Arklatex Miracle Workers are those who tend to the spiritual needs of hospital patients. Chaplain Keith Adcock was a... more »
  • Heroes emerge from the floodwaters

    May 26, 2008

    17-year-old Tim Prestridge doesn't know how to swim. Even if he did, he'd have been no match for the swift current that suddenly hit the corner of Lister and Alexander Streets in Shreveport's Highland neighborhood. Prestridge got swept away in the current of the floodwaters and wound... more »
  • Generosity, prayer and faith are the perfect medicine

    May 19, 2008

    Dedra Ash came to CHRISTUS Schumpert a few weeks ago because her foot was numb. "I thought I'd just get a cortisone shot and maybe go home, and within 11 hours, I began to go paralyzed on my left leg, then my right leg and then up to a... more »
  • $185,000+ raised in fight against cancer

    May 5, 2008

    What a weekend for cancer treatment, prevention and research! Friday night, the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in Shreveport raised $100,000. The Relay for Life in Bossier City raised $45,000. The Pros versus Joes game to benefit the Prostate Cancer Foundation more than doubled what it raised last... more »
  • Musical great getting a second chance

    April 28, 2008

    Buddy Flett says he feels like the luckiest person in the world. The singer, songwriter and guitarist with the Bluebirds came down with a rare form of viral encephalitis a few months ago. It almost killed him. Now, Flett is having to relearn just about everything. In... more »

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