Stories

“I trust everyone here. I know if anything were to happen, this is the first place I would go.” – Janet Udomratsak

“Holy Cross is my family,” says Rene Perez. That close relationship took on an even more crucial role when Rene was diagnosed with COVID-19 — possibly the first case treated at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.

When Janet Udomratsak was admitted to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center with pregnancy complications on the Fourth of July, she had no idea the hospital would soon become her classroom as well.

Amanda enrolled in the Providence Holy Cross Welcome Baby Program at her prenatal visit as her delivery date was drawing near. Although she and her husband were excited to soon welcome their first child as new parents, they had heightened health and safety concerns for her and the baby due to the emerging pandemic.

In an attempt to save a cat, Michael Fiore ended up with a broken clavicle, collapsed lung, multiple broken ribs and internal bleeding. Since his full recovery, he remains forever grateful to the trauma care physicians, specialists and especially the nurses at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.

Amber Lockhart has happily worked for years as an ER nurse at Holy Cross. But when she was rushed to the hospital’s NICU thirty-two weeks into her pregnancy she saw a whole other side of the hospital caregivers, this time from a patient’s perspective. “They were amazing,” she said.

Amanda Rodriguez’s pregnancy was just shy of six months when her physician at Providence Holy Cross suspected that there was more going on than just a simple UTI. Her son was immediately delivered at just 24 weeks and sent directly into the NICU where he spent nearly 3 months. Today, he’s an active and healthy toddler.

Students Mia Tretta and Addison Koegle lives were changed forever when a classmate came to their high school armed with a pistol.

At 19 Marwan Masri has pledged to raise $500,000 from his father’s business associates and colleagues in Dubai.

Julian and Gladys Saunders established a generous trust funded through commercial real estate in Mission Hills.