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2010 Recipients After the Marines, Jerry Kelley worked as a helicopter mechanic for 6 years for the Department of the Navy. He then went on to work as National Gas Compressor Mechanic in Venice Louisiana so that he could be closer to his family and to where he grew up. Jerry’s hobbies were Extreme Sports like Snow Boarding, Wake Boarding, surfing, and beach volley ball. Jerry’s over-all best best sport was Moto-Cross.. Read his story... Madelyn Maria Rodriguez will be two years old on October 13th. She is a spunky little girl who loves to color, play with her dolls, sing, and dance. Madelyn is not a normal toddler though; she was born with micropthalmia in her left eye and malformations of the retina, iris, and optic nerve in her right eye. She is completely blind in her left eye and wears glasses to correct her vision in her right.. Read her story... On February 25th, 2009 Sandra Boudreaux's life as she knew it changed forever! While visiting a local shopping center in her community, Sandra fell as she was stepping from the parking lot onto the sidewalk in the front of the store and fell into a metal clothes rack, striking the front of her head. . Read her story... Floyd Boudreaux Sr. was no stranger to the waterways of South Louisiana as he was a commercial fisherman for quite some years. His love for boats helped him obtain his captain license to continue to work on the water , which in turn he began to work in the Oil and Gas Industry shuttling production and drilling
personnel from dock to production facilities and drilling rigs in the marshes of South East Louisiana.. Read his story...In July 2009, Stevie Cheramie was diagnosed with a brain tumor known as Medulloblastoma,a malignant cancer. The discovery of Stevie’s illness came without many symptoms. She mentioned times that her head hurt, pointing to the front of her head and occasionally told us she had trouble seeing the television. Read her story... Paula Canik has been employed at ConocoPhillips for 21 years. She has worked in the Upstream division for 13 and in Downstream (presently) for the passed 8 years. She has battled cancer for the last ten years. In 2000, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and endured radiation, and a lumpectomy but by 2003 the cancer had metastasized to her liver. Read her story... Dan Dickerson was an accomplished skier. He could handle the toughest runs at Breckenridge – where they were. But he was on a beginner run with his boys when he hit a root, lost control and crashed headfirst into a tree. The impact broke his
C6 and C7 vertebrae. Read his story...Dennis Scott Ramsey, known to everyone as Scott, was born November 21, 1946 was employed in the Oil and Gas industry for over twenty years until he became ill in 2007. Scott has been a Type 1 Diabetic for thirty-seven years. Scott has been married to his wife, Gina, for nine years. They live in the Houston/Fort Bend County area.. Read his story... Matthew Sherertz, had a motorcycle accident in June 1992, one week after his seventeenth birthday, that forever changed his life. He was lifeflighted to Hermann Hospital in the Medical Center with multiple life-threatening injuries to his abdomen and additional injuries to his face, upper jaw, arm, and leg. Nine hours of surgery involving the equivalent of five major surgeries saved his life. Read his story... Patty Dupre Breaux was born August 30, 1960. Patty has been married to Michael J. Breaux for 32 years and resides in Houma, La. Patty worked 21 years for Chabert Medical Center, nine years short of retirement with the state due to medical problems. Mike worked for Halliburton Energy Services for 34 years 7 months and 2 days. Unfortunately August 2, 2010 the Company let him go. Read her story... In August 2009, ,Angela Bowman was in an accident when she was thrown from the 4-wheeler she was riding. Angela was in a full coma for almost two weeks and a moderate coma for another three weeks. Read her story...
My name is Angie Dore, in December, 2009, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). In the months prior, I had grown increasingly fatigued, was experiencing anxiety attacks, had mild hair loss, and was easily bruised. These, in addition to some lesser symptoms, led me to believe that I was having issues with my thyroid. Read her story...
Barbara Navarre has been a diabetic since 1989 – on an insulin pump for most of this time. When she started having trouble with her hands and feet in Sept. 2009, it was diagnosed as side effects to diabetes. When pain and stiffness traveled to her hips and knees, a rheumatologist diagnosed her with arthritis – treated with numerous medications and injections. None of which seamed to do much good or help with the pain. Read her story...
Curtis Stewart was born in 1946 in Plaquemine, La. He married Beverly Guidry in 2003 and reside in Broussard, La. with five children – Corey Stewart, Kimalee Guidry, Curtis J. Stewart, Twana Jones and Tamara Reado. In May 2008, Curtis’s wife noticed his left calf was larger than the right. The next day, his journey began with appointments to his Internal Medicine and Orthopedic Physicians.Read his story... For the last 14 years, David Nall has worked at a refinery as a petroleum inspector. In August 2009, David started feeling very tired and his back started hurting. In late September, his back was hurting so bad that he could not finish the job he was working. After visiting the doctor again, he was told he either had leukemia or liver cancer. He was wrong. Read his story... Kim Abraham Kim was born in Amarillo on 1984. Just two weeks before her first birthday, she was hospitalized for bacterial meningitis. Doctors informed us that this kind of bacterial meningitis was fatal if not detected early, and that it could lead to permanent damage, including deafness, blindness and/or mental deterioration. For the next 90 days,Kim was in the hospital on different antibiotics. Read her story...
In 2008, Nolta Dantin had a CAT scan on the left side of his neck that revealed spots on his lungs. In October 2009, a biopsy on his lungs showed that hehad Stage 4 cancer. In November Nolta started chemotherapy that he will continue until Nov. 2010. Nolta's doctor said there was nothing else he could do.. Read his story...
