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When Carla Sueta and her husband, Christer Andersson, arrived in Pittsburgh all the way from Asheville, North Carolina in September of 2025, they were stepping into the unknown. Neither had ever been to the city before, and the reason for their visit made the unfamiliar surroundings even more daunting. Christer
Role: Living Donation Transplant Social Worker Hospital: Allegheny General Hospital Q&A with Rachel Tell us about your role at Allegheny General. What do you enjoy most about the job? I work with all living kidney and liver donors through the phases of donation. I also work with both kidney and
For more than a decade starting in 2015, Ivan and Kayla Hall’s lives have been shaped by a long, often difficult medical journey. Their journey brought them to Pittsburgh, and to Family House, where they found not only comfort and care, but a true community. Kayla was first diagnosed with
On August 2, 2022, Henry Wolfe, then 18-years-old, experienced a life-altering event that changed his family’s world forever. He was life-flighted to Allegheny General Hospital after suffering an anoxic brain injury and was unresponsive. Doctors were uncertain if he would survive, and even less certain if he could ever function
https://youtu.be/I-1Nr0GWrl8 When Katie Fitzpatrick called her father, Bill Fitzpatrick, from Pittsburgh in March 2024, the fear in her voice is something her father will never forget. At the time, Katie was a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, far from home and suffering from severe abdominal pain. Without hesitation, Bill
Sandy Long, from Altoona, Pennsylvania, first came to Family House in 2021 following her diagnosis of thyroid cancer. Accompanied by her mother, Patricia, Sandy underwent a thyroidectomy procedure that included the removal of her thyroid and eight lymph nodes, five of which contained cancer. While she initially followed up locally,
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