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# Dennis Noonan-Sloan
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/the-story-exchange/episode/dennis-noonan-sloan-qyu6gl/
- Published: 2026-10-06T22:01:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T23:30:34.000Z
- Description: Dennis Noonan-Sloan finds strength in the family bonds that carried them through a medical crisis.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: The Story Exchange, Season 2, Episode 18, #ZZZ_Episode_015b1ce1-fc32-415a-ad0d-e4e09511c66f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_e490bdc7-cdff-446e-8a4e-363fde003ab0, #v1.16

Dennis Noonan-Sloan recalls the crisis that left his husband Jim temporarily paralyzed with Guillain-Barre syndrome. As work, parenting and hospital visits became daily life, their young son's love helped sustain them. The ordeal revealed what for better or worse truly meant and strengthened the bonds that would bring their family home.