Opelousas General Celebrates Leap Year Baby

We are growing by “leaps and pounds”! Opelousas General Health System celebrated the birth of the our Leap Year baby born on February 29th at 5:40 a.m. Eden Grace Marie Lyons was delivered by Dr. Damian Badeaux, OB/GYN, weighing 9lbs. 7oz. Her pediatrician is Dr. Mia Ben. She is the third child to parents, Kristen and Kasey Lyons of Branch. Big brothers Benjamin and Nathaniel will welcome her home. The couple says that they plan to celebrate Eden’s one-year birthday on February 28th next year. Morgan Soileau, RN and Kennedy Morvant, RN presented Eden’s parents with a gift basket on behalf of Opelousas General Health System’s Maternal Child Unit, and Dr. Ben presented them with a stuffed Leap Year frog.