Our Respite Families

Alaya is a 13-year-old who was born with sickle cell disease.

Josiah was diagnosed with leukemia in 2017. The family was desperate for a break and change of scenery.

Joey suffers from intractable epilepsy. Joey seizes almost daily, sometimes multiple times per day.

In June of 2021 Sandi’s older daughter Kim was diagnosed with lung cancer and brain tumors.

Mary Catherine is battling stage 4 Neuroendocrine tumors.

Kaden Ford suffers from Sickle Cell. Kaden spends a lot of time in and out of the hospital and missing school.

In May of 2019, we hosted 5 families that are living with loved ones of EDS (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome).

Josh is battling Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. He was diagnosed while attending school at Radford University.

Sharee Whitmer is battling Leiomyosarcoma which has metastasized throughout her body.

Chris Gallagher has been battling stage 4 lung cancer. The same cancer is father battled.

Kaylee is 10 years old and in March of 2011 at the age of 2, she was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma.

Kim is a such a beautiful woman, inside and out. Her smile and laugh is contagious.

To know Owen is to love Owen. He has a smile that will warm your heart.

Erin Burns was diagnosed with APML Leukemia while attending Virginia Tech.

Adam Nunez was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of 1.

Lori was blessed with the memories her family created during their stay.

Deirdre was diagnosed with Stage III C breast cancer around Christmas of 2017.

The Munsell family stayed with us in June 2018, from VA.

In May of 2018 we hosted Option EDS The Retreat.

In June 2018, the Hoover family traveled all the way from Minnesota!

July 4th week of 2018 we hosted the Noe family from Virginia.

It was a dream come true for Lewis, his brother Khileel and his mother Tabitha.

Camden and his family spent a week at the Respite House.

In trying to figure out how to say goodbye, how do you live?

The awesome Shannon family spent Thanksgiving at the Respite House.

The wonderful Mack family made their first ever trip to the Outerbanks.

The Alvarez Family traveled from Connecticut for a once in a life time road trip.

The Powell family spent a week at our Respite House the summer of June 2016.

Grady entered this world as a very tiny preemie weighing 1 pound 14 ounces!

"This is our life and while it’s incredibly hard, it is beautiful…"

Visiting our Williamsburg timeshare in November, 2015.

Baby Jermaine and Family, Daytona Beach, FL.

"Thank you Healing Hearts for the most wonderful week of respite for our family!"