After years of hospitals, surgeries, infections, addiction and uncertainty, Larry realized something profound: His story was never meant to end with suffering. It was meant to be shared.
Through the darkest moments of his journey, Larry discovered that pain can isolate people. Illness, loss, hardship, and adversity often leave individuals and families feeling alone, searching for meaning in circumstances that don’t make sense.
But Larry also discovered something else. Even in the deepest suffering, hope can still be found. That realization is what led to the birth of Miraculum. Miraculum exists to remind people that their struggles are not the end of their story. Through public speaking, faith-based education, storytelling, and community gatherings, the mission is simple: help people rediscover hope, purpose, and strength in the middle of life’s trials. Miraculum believes that every hardship carries a message of grace and that by sharing stories of perseverance, faith, and resilience, others can begin to see the miracles hidden in their own lives.
Miraculum exists to inspire, educate, and restore hope. Through storytelling, faith-based education, and community outreach, it empowers individuals and families to persevere through suffering, overcome adversity, and discover purpose within their trials.
A world where pain becomes purpose and faith turns trials into triumphs—where people are strengthened by faith, grounded in resilience, and united in the belief that God’s providential hand is present even in hardship.
Through speaking engagements, resources, and media platforms, Miraculum seeks to build a community where hope is restored, families are strengthened, and people learn to see that even the heaviest crosses can reveal unexpected miracles. Because sometimes the greatest miracle is discovering that your suffering can become someone else’s hope.
Behind every life we touch there is a community of leaders who believed first. Together, they make Miraculum possible and hope, real.
Larry Dorame III
Founder and Executive Chair
Casey Dorame
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Fr. Frankie Cicero
Spiritual Director of Miraculum
Cande De Leon
Chief Mission Engagement Officer, The Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Denise Grogger
Founder-Operation Christmas Orange, Community Volunteer
Steven D. Jerome, KM
Partner, Snell & Wilmer
Rose Knapp, DM
Realtor, Home Smart
Steve Nelson, CFA, KM
Chairman and CEO, Faith Investor Services
Anne Park, DM
Retired Business Owner, Community Volunteer
David Park, KM
Retired Business Owner, Community Volunteer
Tony Pescatore, CPA, KM
Managing Partner, Pescatore Cooper PLC
Joseph Contadino, KM
President, Universal Homes
Nathan Tijerina, KM
Founder & CEO, Pelogy
2011
Fifteen years ago, Larry Dorame’s life took an unexpected turn. At just 22 years old, two months after getting engaged to his wife Casey, Larry was diagnosed with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a rare throat cancer for someone his age with no known risk factors. Doctors believed it may have been caused by environmental exposure.
Thankfully, after intense treatment, the cancer was successfully treated and Larry and Casey were married seven months later.
2012
Within a year, Larry was diagnosed with gastroparesis, a chronic condition likely caused by the medications used during cancer treatment. For a few years life felt normal—building careers, traveling, and welcoming their daughters.
2015
Larry could no longer eat without vomiting. Severe abdominal pain, nausea, and rapid weight loss followed. Over the next four years he endured countless hospitalizations, multiple invasive surgeries, and life-threatening sepsis infections. Eventually he was diagnosed with intestinal failure, becoming completely dependent on IV nutrition (TPN) to survive.
Doctors warned that repeated infections from the central line could eventually become fatal.
Refusing to give up hope, Larry and his family searched for answers and found them at Cleveland Clinic, one of the few places in the country specializing in intestinal rehabilitation.
In 2019, Larry underwent a radical life-saving abdominal surgery that rerouted his intestines and required the removal of multiple organs. The years since have still been difficult—additional surgeries, small bowel obstructions, immune deficiency, overcoming addiction, and ongoing hospitalizations. Larry still relies on tube feeds and daily medications to manage severe nausea and malnutrition.
Yet through it all, Larry continues to live with deep faith and gratitude.
He is a devoted husband to Casey, a proud father of two daughters, and someone who believes suffering can still be filled with purpose. His journey has taught him that even in the darkest seasons, God is still present.
Larry shares his story not because the road has been easy, but because hope can exist alongside suffering. And sometimes the greatest miracles aren’t the dramatic ones—they’re found in the quiet moments: a good day, a shared meal, a child’s laugh, or simply another sunrise.
Even in the smallest things, there is grace.
“It’s not a matter of IF he gets sepsis… it’s WHEN.”
Those were the words Larry heard when doctors told him he would need total parenteral nutrition (TPN)—a bag of sterile nutrients delivered directly into his bloodstream through a central line. His body could no longer tolerate food or feeding tube nutrition. This was the final option to keep him alive. But TPN came with a terrifying reality: a high risk of life-threatening infection.
Larry remembers the first time sepsis hit. His body shook uncontrollably. His fever spiked to 104 degrees. Every bone in his body felt like it was breaking. Within hours, blood cultures confirmed bacteria in his bloodstream.
Since that first infection in 2016, Larry has been hospitalized 15–20 times for sepsis—each episode a fight for his life. Central line infections carry a mortality rate of 10–30%. Yet somehow, he survived every single one.
His journey has included numerous abdominal surgeries, bowel resections, removal of organs, an ileostomy, feeding tubes, and hospital stays that stretched for months. One hospitalization lasted nearly 90 days after a severe bowel obstruction. Doctors warned his vomiting might never stop and that his disease could continue to worsen.
Today, there are no surgical options left—only the possibility of a bowel transplant, which he no longer qualifies for because of his immune deficiency. By every medical measure, Larry’s story should look very different. But he’s still here.
Because even in the darkest nights—hospital rooms, infections, pain, and uncertainty—miracles can still happen. Sometimes they look like survival. Sometimes they look like another sunrise. And sometimes the greatest MIRACLE is simply refusing to lose hope.
For Larry Dorame, the turning point in his journey didn’t come with a sudden cure or the end of suffering.
The pain is still there. The complications haven’t disappeared. There are still days filled with exhaustion, nausea, setbacks, and uncertainty. But something inside Larry changed.
Through prayer, the unwavering support of family and friends, and the dedication of an incredible medical team, Larry began to see his life through a different lens. The trials didn’t vanish—but his perspective did.
Instead of asking “Why is this happening?” He began asking, “What can this teach me?”
Larry realized that even in the hardest moments, life still offers small but powerful blessings—a quiet moment of peace, a laugh with his daughters, a day when the pain eases just enough to breathe a little deeper.
The turning point wasn’t the end of the battle. It was the moment Larry chose hope. He chose to lift his head instead of burying it in the weight of suffering. He chose gratitude instead of bitterness. He chose to believe that every cross carries a blessing waiting to be discovered.
The turning point is still happening. Each day Larry wakes up with a choice: focus on the pain, or focus on the purpose. And he believes with all his heart that great things are still on the horizon — because even the heaviest crosses can reveal miracles for those willing to look for them.
