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April 29, 2026
Homerare disease

rare disease

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Toddler with rare disease will need double lung transplant

July 11, 2014 Kyle Barnett

Although Luling native Tammy Faucheux had already had three healthy children, it was apparent early on that the family’s latest addition, a baby girl named Kaydence, was going to need extra attention. […]

Health

Family gives back to ‘angels’ who helped son fight rare disease

November 27, 2013 Kyle Barnett

Nearly 100 people braved the cool temperatures and driving mist to come out to the ‘Alex Gives Back Day’ in Luling to listen to music, play in a bounce house and eat jambalaya. […]

Lifestyles

Rare illness with strange symptoms strikes ‘63 Destrehan High graduate

March 1, 2012 Michelle Stuckey

The family of a Norco native stricken with a rare fatal illness now has a leg to stand on thanks to a recent local fundraiser. […]

Health

Toddler with rare skin disease still beating the odds

April 29, 2011 Michelle Stuckey

Two years ago, doctors told Courtney and Randy Roth that their newborn son, Tripp, would not live to see his first birthday. […]

Health

Baby with rare skin disease beating the odds

December 10, 2010 Michelle Stuckey

Courtney and Randy Roth have beaten the odds for over a year in keeping their infant son, Tripp, alive. Tripp was born in May 2009 with a rare skin disease called junctional epidermolysis bullosa, or JEB. […]

Lifestyles

Community rallies around Norco baby with rare skin disease

July 27, 2009 Heather R. Breaux

Two months ago Randy and Courtney Roth of Norco welcomed their son Tripp into the world. But shortly after his arrival, the family’s joyous occasion was overshadowed when the infant was diagnosed with a life-threatening skin disease. […]

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