Tag Results for "Louisiana"

He's an ex marine wearing a cap, and he's saying, "Adapt, Improvise, Overcome". Dennis has colon cancer and he's not backing down. In February of 2005 he was diagnosed with cancer after a colonoscopy. He had been experiencing stabbing stomach pains and other troubling symptoms. As a retired fireman, who had also worked as a shrimper,… More

Paul is a New Orleans native, and like so many people living in the Gulf Coast area, he lost everything through the devastation of Hurricane Katrina: his house, his possessions, and his job.  After living in a FEMA trailer for a year, his family pulled everything together and bought a home in Slidell, Louisiana, where Paul found work with a… More

For Calista G., nurturing comes very naturally; she has six children and twelve grandchildren, and she is a former worker in the childcare field. So, when she fell ill and became the one who needed care, it was hard for her to handle this role-reversal. During a routine self-exam, Calista noticed a lump in her left breast. Her doctor confirmed her… More