Story
Name
Rory Payden Mclemore
Injury/Illness
Respiratory Disease
Payden was diagnosed with PAH after a routine visit to his cardiologist in baton rouge - the medical team sent him to New Orleans Children's Hospital - we were there for about a week when he was flown to Texas Children's Hospital in Houston - we stayed there six months - he received the gift of life through a double lung transplant. We are back home now in Baton Rouge where he receives weekly therapy to improve his quality of life and we return to Houston every three months for his continued care.