Patient Stories

Last year, St. Louis mom Sara Schwartz discovered she was pregnant with not one but two babies –– identical twin girls. Schwartz, who was already a mother of three (to children ages 12, 11 and 9) felt excited about her “bonus babies” on the way, despite it being a high-risk pregnancy.

When Carrie Gobble was listed for a lung transplant, she found two matches.

Growing up, Christopher Bryant couldn’t compete in sports or run due to a heart murmur.

Family, music and faith helped Carl Summers in his recovery from substance use. Now an employee of BJC Behavioral Health, he shares his story as a way of helping others.

Sophia suffered from epilepsy that for years, but after receiving a groundbreaking procedure from the pediatric neurology team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, she is now seizure free.

Mothers who had lost a child in death found comfort in speaking openly to one another of their beloved children, their grief and their possibility of hope at the 2022 Weavings weekend-long retreat.

The handmade sign said, “Colton, I beat cancer” with a photo of St. Louis Blues player Colton Parayko and Ashlynn Wilson, a teenager who recently became cancer free, ice skating together at Enterprise Center.

Mitch Reynolds didn’t leave Barnes-Jewish Hospital alone on Feb. 8.

Matt Neil, radiotherapy service engineer on the BJC clinical asset management team.

At first glance, Burnest Orr’s chances didn’t look good. He had contracted COVID-19 at his assisted living facility in early April.