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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
Tony has been by his wife LaDonna’s side throughout her liver transplant journey, and Family House has been his home along the way. Read their powerful and inspiring Thanksgiving story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: https://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2025/11/27/living-donor-liver-transplant-surgery-upmc-greenawalt/stories/202511260041 Story written by Kris Mamula
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
The life of Thomas “Tom” Mournighan continues to inspire a year after his passing thanks to the love of his family, friends… and a race car. Tom, who received a lung transplant in September 2008 after being diagnosed with progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF), traveled from Boston to UPMC Presbyterian for
When Michaelle Wilde noticed a persistent lump on her face, she never imagined it would lead to a 10-hour surgery, six weeks of radiation treatment, and a temporary new home in Pittsburgh. What began as a confusing and painful medical mystery became a life-altering journey, one that Family House made
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