Category: My Aveanna Story

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…
The Beauty of a Father's Love
Published June 16, 2019
When Doug and Tina’s fourth son, Anthony, was born with muscular dystrophy, they faced new challenges as parents. “We didn’t know what to do,” Tina recalls. “We didn’t know what kind of life he could have. We had no idea how to parent a child who de…
Helping Margo Find Her Voice
Published May 31, 2019
When Margo was diagnosed with profound hearing loss shortly after birth, her parents began researching options for early language development for children who have hearing loss. They read a lot of books, researched articles online, and spoke to youn…
Presley's Speech Therapy Journey
Published May 24, 2019
Presley started therapy services with Aveanna in December of 2017. He was a bright, happy, and intelligent three-year-old. But Presley also had a severe fluency disorder and was beginning to show anxiety about the way he spoke. When Aveanna Speech-L…
More Than a Nurse
Published May 17, 2019
By Rachel, Ella's mom Ella has Nemaline Rod Myopathy and an immunoglobulin deficiency. Her skeletal muscles are profoundly weak, which makes endurance difficult and breathing on her own for long periods exhausting. Ella was trached in 2016 after get…
Shannon’s Story – A Mother’s Day Tribute to Mothers of Medically Fragile Children
Published May 12, 2019
By Shannon, Penny's mom When I was pregnant, I daydreamed about what it would be like to hold my baby. I imagined taking her for a walk in the park, but all of that changed when Penny was born with Pierre Robin Syndrome. I realized pretty quickly th…
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