Dr. Kiran Musunru (left) and Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas (right) led the researchers who developed a personalized treatment for baby KJ – Released CHOP and Penn CRISPR has been used to create a genetic therapy option for a child born in Pennsylvania with a rare metabolic disorder. Unable to convert ammonia to urea, newborn KJ was … Read more
– credit, Kelly Jans Unity Point Health The radiology department at an Iowa hospital recently teamed up with the waste management team to put the ‘care’ in healthcare, and left a patient in tears with gratitude. At Grundy County Memorial Hospital, Susan Sinnwell had arrived for a routine medical procedure. Preparing for a couple of … Read more
Preemie baby Gabriel Golden at Vanderbilt NICU-SWNS A premature baby, born so tiny his hand was smaller than his dad’s fingertip, is finally home and healthy after a year in the hospital. Gabriel Golden was born weighing one pound in September 2024 after just 22 weeks gestation. He endured nearly a year in the Vanderbilt … Read more
– credit, Mileshko Creative © On Friday, a Georgia fire department undertook an unusual Christmas tradition. In place of decking the halls, the men and women of the Sandy Springs Fire Department (SSFD) link up with Santa, and rappel down the walls of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to surprise infirm kids who can’t leave their … Read more
Girl tells her dad she’s getting a new heart – SWNS The emotional moment an 11-year-old girl broke the news to her father that she’s getting a heart transplant was captured on video. “Daddy, I’m getting a heart!” Ava was born in 2014 with several heart defects, and was just six days old when she … Read more
credit – Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital via Instagram From a chilly Green Bay comes a heart-melting story via Charlotte, where a heart transplant survivor had the day of his life as a traveling fan for his beloved Carolina Panthers. Bryson Shupe was born with a congenital heart defect, and 8 years ago, required open-heart … Read more
Aminata and baby Memunatu with tumor- SWNS / Mercy Ships A British surgeon removed a life-threatening tumor from a baby’s neck that was as big as her entire face. The lump has been growing since she was just five months old, but when her mother, Aminata, took her to the local hospital in Sierra Leone … Read more