11/23/2025
The unimaginable experience of losing two children has shaped nearly three decades of lifesaving work for Angel One critical care flight nurse Debbie Izor.
On July 2, 1996, Debbie’s 7-year-old son, Jerron Lee Stone, wrapped her in one of his signature bear hugs before she left for Arkansas Children’s Hospital to apply for her dream job as a critical care flight nurse.
“Good luck, Mommy, I hope you get the job. I love you,” Jerron told her.
They were the last words she heard from her youngest child.
Debbie did get the job, and for the past 27 years, it’s been her mission to provide critical care to children who need it. Jerron died in a three-wheeler accident the day she applied. Years later, Debbie would lose another of her four children, Jordan Jeffrey Stone, at just 28 years old.
Each loss created an incomprehensible, deep hole in her life, while simultaneously giving her an intimate understanding of the fear, hope and sometimes devastation patient families experience.
Read Debbie's story in the latest installment of our “Celebrating Who We Are" profile series: bit.ly/DebbieIzor
