Category: My Aveanna Story

Living with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: Hudson and Physical Therapist Nicole
Published Sept. 27, 2024
Five-year-old Hudson is goofy, energetic, and always trying to make others laugh. Hudson lives with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a rare genetic condition that is characterized by progressive muscle damage and weakness. Duchenne Muscular Dystr…
Jose and Lucia: Navigating Medically Fragile Fatherhood
Published June 16, 2024
“I love everything about being a dad. I love coming home and seeing my family and spending as much time as I can with them.” Jose has always treasured his family. But he learned just how precious his children, Lucia and Colleen, are when a motor veh…
AJ's Story: Thriving with a Feeding Tube
Published Feb. 7, 2024
This Feeding Tube Awareness Week, we're excited to spotlight Aveanna patient AJ. His journey is a testament to the life-changing impact a feeding tube and an incredible support system can have. AJ was born at 29 weeks gestation, weighing only 2 poun…
Kason and Nurse Kayla
Published Sept. 29, 2023
Kason was born with an extremely rare chromosomal deletion and spent the first 6 months of his life in the hospital. His unique condition brought a lot of uncertainty for Kason and his parents. But with the help of Aveanna Nurse Kayla, he is now thr…
Elijah's Story: From Hospice Care to Forever Home
Published Aug. 25, 2023
Ten months ago, Elijah was in the hospital on hospice care, waiting for the right foster family to bring him home and give him some comfort in his last days. Then he met Becca, and everything changed. Less than a year later, Elijah is off hospice ca…
Kai and Nurse Rhonda
Published July 19, 2023
Congratulations to Kai, who graduated from our care just last month! Kai’s story is an incredible one of overcoming with the help of expert care from his nurses and endless love and support from his moms, Latoyia and Jaleesa. Kai was born at 28 wee…
Tommy and Nurse Luis
Published July 5, 2023
Ambitious and determined, Tommy doesn’t let anything stop him from achieving his dreams. Last month, he reached an exciting milestone with the help of his Aveanna team. Tommy lives with spina bifida and has received Home Health Aide services from A…
Overcoming with Home Health Therapy
Published June 27, 2023
This is a story about overcoming, healing, and never giving up. Dave owns his own construction company. Like so many others, he has worked very hard all his life. In 2020, Dave unexpectedly had a stroke. About 5 weeks after that, he was diagnosed wi…
Dave and Grace: Learning from Medically Fragile Fatherhood
Published June 18, 2023
“Parenting a disabled child changes you for the better,” Dave shares. “It makes you more compassionate. It might be a different journey than what you expected, but it’s an amazing one.” Dave’s introduction to fatherhood 16 years ago was certainly un…
Speech-Language-Hearing Month: Yoselin and SLP Amanda
Published May 26, 2023
In honor of Better Hearing and Speech Month, we are excited to celebrate Yoselin and the tremendous progress she has made with Speech-Language Pathologist Amanda! Since beginning speech therapy in October 2022, Yoselin's journey to find her own voic…
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