Finding Adaptive and Inclusive Halloween Costumes
Published Oct. 4, 2019
By Maggie Strange, PT, and Tiffany Keenum, SPT One of the best parts of Halloween is undoubtedly the costumes! Parents love to see their children experience the excitement of dressing up and participating in trick-or-treating or other Halloween acti…
Lariah and Forever Nurse Mary
Published Sept. 20, 2019
By Lariah’s mom, Lavelle Nurse Mary came into our lives at a very difficult time, but the perfect time. Lariah was very fragile with a lot of breathing difficulties, g-tube fed, and needed 24-hour care. After 18 months at Children’s Hospital we were…
Leila and Forever Nurses Cindy and Margie
Published Sept. 13, 2019
Our patient Leila lives with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a genetic disorder that causes progressive muscle weakness and leaves Leila in need of constant care. For the past six years, that constant care has come from Leila’s Aveanna Forever Nurses, Cind…
Jayden and Forever Nurse Lola
Published Sept. 6, 2019
Our patient Jayden joined the Aveanna Healthcare family at just five months old. It can often take some time to find the right fit for a family and nurse in home care. But with Jayden and Nurse Lola, it was simply meant to be. They connected immedia…
Christian's Back-to-School Skills
Published Aug. 23, 2019
Aveanna patient Christian joined our North Houston Clinic for therapy services in June of 2018. He came to us with significant delays in fine and gross motor skills as well as speech. From the very beginning, Christian had incredible support from hi…
Helping Hudson Communicate and Connect
Published Aug. 16, 2019
Hudson is a four-year-old social butterfly. He’s been an extrovert since the day he was born. During his first two years of life, which were filled with appointments, tests, and surgeries, Hudson was never afraid when surrounded by doctors and nurse…
Celebrating Zayden's Progress
Published July 19, 2019
Zayden is a two-year-old toddler who started attending one of Aveanna’s Pediatric Day Health Care centers when he was an infant. Zayden had meconium aspiration at birth, which caused him to have severe reactive airway disease. Zayden's early days we…
Dominicke & Nurse Amina
Published July 12, 2019
We are so thankful for nurses like Amina, who care with all of their hearts. Amina has been working with her patient Dominicke for over a year. “Working with four-year-old Dominicke means the world to me,” Nurse Amina shares. “Although he's non-verb…
Increasing Saylor's Independence
Published July 5, 2019
Saylor is a 20-month-old little girl with a rare mitochondrial disease and Fanconi Syndrome. Because of these conditions, Saylor depends on a central line with TPN for nutrition and, until recently, she required frequent hospitalizations. During the…
Finding the Perfect Therapy Team for My Son
Published June 28, 2019
By Maira, Erik’s mom Although my son, Erik, has always been a sweet boy, when he turned three his behavior began to change. I noticed a delay in his speech when he turned three years old, which was a bit odd to us since my older daughter had been ve…
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