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Katie and Marshal, a military couple from Fort Campbell, KY were married only three months before Marshall was diagnosed with Leukemia in January. He received a stem cell transplant and follow up treatment at Vanderbilt while his wife stayed at Pinson Hospital Hospitality House for six months, but they headed home last Thursday with giant …

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Loving on Cute Claire! Angie Stiff, Executive Director loves to love on our guests, especially the children! Claire’s one-week-old baby brother is waiting for a heart transplant. Claire likes to walk to Angie’s office to find “her friend”!!! Well… she always finds Angie or Angie finds Claire!!!

Jemarlo and dad, Todd stayed at PHHH with his dad who had a heart transplant and is recovering and undergoing outpatient care. Jemarlo, is a SUPER STAR son! He is also a senior pastor, elementary school teacher and the director of a non-profit he created in Atlanta called Operation Empowerment. We are blown away by …

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Sweet Baby Maverick had Fetal Surgery to correct Spina Bifida at 26 weeks. The odds of having this syndrome are 1 in 10,000. He was Born at 37 weeks healthy and his Parents stayed at PHHH for 10 weeks! Mom, dad and Maverick went home only 4 days after he was born! He is a …

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William Yeboah and his wife, Katie from Knoxville (originally from Ghana) stayed at PHHH for 3 months during his heart transplant surgery and recovery in March. Their smiles are infectious! Loved by all, they still come to stay once a month while he has his monthly biopsy recheck. They left again yesterday and said, “PHHH …

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Cody (center) received a stem cell transplant from mom (left) who was his donor! William

Home at last after 12 months! Jo Anna Taylor spent a year at PHHH while her husband, Mike received an artificial heart and then a heart and kidney transplant.

Citzie and her husband Tucker from Dickson, spent 10 weeks post-surgery at PHHH …after having spina bifida in-utero surgery at 24 1/2 weeks “Our stay at PHHH has been great! Just amazing! We could not have asked for a better place to stay. The staff was the BEST!”

Norma Reed Moore and her brother have been staying at PHHH for over a month after her double lung transplant. They were a joy to have! “We are better than blessed! Staying at PHHH has been phenomenal! We recommend it be voted #1 place to stay for recovery and recuperation after a transplant.”

Serena Smithshell born at 24 weeks at 1 pound 6 ounces …is now HOME and a happy and healthy 11 POUNDS!! Mom and Dad stayed at PHHH.