Nicklaus Childrens Hospital Patient Stories92c1d790-ee63-41d4-a98f-6ddf4839e2e6Mon, 12 Feb 2024 21:58:46 GMT684126f3-68b6-43d4-a66e-947094e8a1efMon, 22 Jan 2024 15:00:29 GMTe5858834-5009-47f6-b2da-94ca7508c3b9Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:26:21 GMTc02c9739-155b-49d7-9685-eb40ddffdab1Tue, 31 Oct 2023 13:00:31 GMT09d31648-2e85-4489-9a08-fc078167c2b2Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:37:07 GMT2b88c0e3-e2a8-4180-9db6-e404108d11c2Fri, 29 Sep 2023 15:39:10 GMTca639943-4c67-4c37-a5be-ded16fb24d8dThu, 31 Aug 2023 19:20:22 GMTa73efb5b-cd11-4b1e-a13b-3cba905823bcMon, 21 Aug 2023 19:00:51 GMT33d13c3e-754c-465e-b2a2-ffd60c16acc8Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:45:14 GMT30cd277a-38b2-48f2-a157-845f534e28c7Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:41:32 GMTbfd32f0b-3885-4202-aeb4-16e3af07dc5aWed, 26 Jul 2023 20:45:04 GMT2d9a7240-4bc8-45a8-9c93-05b14a6f8aadTue, 25 Jul 2023 17:00:00 GMTc9ef5d00-9644-4840-bb18-311f42cfbc8eMon, 17 Jul 2023 14:28:57 GMT7258f663-0ed8-4c2c-a152-18285130f05aFri, 14 Jul 2023 12:44:09 GMTd1ed2e91-785f-40b2-b135-4249f9a30a73Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:21:21 GMT2d2f41c3-e7dc-47a8-9ceb-55f1b245c08fWed, 31 May 2023 19:54:39 GMTae057321-321a-4b69-b35d-881cffe7baedTue, 30 May 2023 16:21:59 GMT249ececa-397e-4592-81fa-8b39661c354eTue, 25 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT7c73f517-edf4-4cbe-8021-cf4bf777d3ccThu, 06 Apr 2023 18:20:59 GMT10570b83-a1ba-433e-a98d-62121fe5eeefFabricio was born prematurely at 32 weeks and spent 21 days in the ICU at a hospital in Colombia. Almost a year later Fabricio's family learned that he had spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, but it wasn't until a pediatric orthopedic surgeon visited Cartagena, Colombia on a mission trip where she met Fabricio and knew that she and her team at Nicklaus Children's could help.
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Fri, 31 Mar 2023 20:48:31 GMT938cb43f-cccc-4833-bd71-aab80bd61587Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:00:00 GMT5c89e54e-69d7-477e-a357-3316ed7431cdThu, 09 Feb 2023 13:00:00 GMTe9566c14-e91e-4087-83b5-e8766392901eShortly after his third birthday, Flavia and Stalin began to notice significant bruising below the knees on their son, Leo. Their worries began growing after they realized that Leo was more tired than usual, presenting signs of difficulty breathing, and struggling to complete everyday activities.
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]]>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 13:00:00 GMTc1652c31-6511-484e-ac8c-6c65ef718c76Mon, 08 Nov 2021 16:52:54 GMTd407c839-759c-4908-9f8d-c498ae127472Wed, 27 Oct 2021 00:05:00 GMT02b869dc-582e-497a-b74f-8e4ae17d3072Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:00:05 GMT77d9f050-0fea-4a3f-aa94-064d0d3d2521Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:45:58 GMT1b471952-7d6d-44b9-a2e3-362339d0fc89After noticing a small bump beginning to grow on his daughter, Daniel rushed to the emergency room at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. After seeking treatment in their home country, the concerning bump grew and forced the family to journey back to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital for immediate treatment.
]]>Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:00:00 GMT960fc1b2-ec36-4dbc-b755-dd3a151605a7When Apollonia was four months pregnant, she received a call that would change her life forever. Her unborn baby girl was diagnosed with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), an infection with a wide range of symptoms including fever and fatigue to more severe symptoms that may affect the eyes, brain or other internal organs.
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]]>Mon, 19 Jul 2021 10:00:01 GMTdf59c3a5-748f-4932-a8b4-cd76e0db78a6Ashley was born with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a rare condition which requires complex surgeries to correct. Finally, years after Ashley and her family began searching for help, they arrived at Nicklaus Children's Hospital. Now, she's living a healthy, happy life!
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“He would wake up around 4 a.m. every night choking. It was a constant checking on him at night and very stressful. We put him on reflux medicine, but it just kept getting worse,” said Andrea Ramos. “He would eat and food would get impacted.”]]>Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:59:41 GMTfab844de-7dc0-4e6f-99dd-7397cdb6decbWed, 02 Sep 2020 03:04:15 GMT1a2a3ee1-2dc0-44b2-aa2a-aeaa8bac1b95Thu, 23 Jul 2020 18:01:35 GMT0475dc70-9378-4869-845a-2ef1074fee59Mon, 08 Jun 2020 18:22:22 GMTe86cf521-1600-4262-a859-f5fc6a1af31eMon, 01 Jun 2020 19:42:03 GMT52abfbc0-922b-4b7b-a364-733e19ba8355Fri, 01 May 2020 16:27:23 GMT89688d64-74a7-4177-b52d-24a8ef9358d5Wed, 01 Apr 2020 19:30:55 GMT75a00101-ad0e-407e-bab9-e3e4985a6411Thu, 27 Feb 2020 19:39:47 GMT2c87be18-8670-4f65-80ed-89ec54da314eThu, 06 Feb 2020 14:07:15 GMTd2ddb7c1-15bf-42fe-863a-1faf70e8919bSat, 01 Feb 2020 20:29:22 GMT5e395cff-1ad5-4b73-bd88-4dd0f6de77f5Wed, 01 Jan 2020 20:27:15 GMT76189a10-fd22-447d-ac59-dfd9fed00de2
That’s Mayra, a two-year-old girl who was born with a very rare case of cloacal malformation, a developmental disorder that affects nearly one in every 50,000 babies. Mayra’s life was at risk due to impending renal failure and time was running out.]]>Sun, 01 Dec 2019 20:26:05 GMT8f1458d3-f755-49b6-afb9-886bd3874cb2Tue, 05 Nov 2019 20:25:05 GMT21078a62-10fd-4fb3-9f56-fdedeaee9eb0Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:50:09 GMTa48a102d-ac9f-4faa-8e52-e9a89163acc2Thu, 01 Aug 2019 15:47:41 GMTc2d9e6ca-311e-41c5-9f47-6a9fde69c4edAfter a normal full-term pregnancy with no complications, Shenequa gave birth to Ayden via C-section in May 2017 in the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Shortly after, the baby's pediatrician detected a murmur, but with no pediatric cardiologist on the island, Ayden was airlifted to Nicklaus Children's Hospital.
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Thanks to advances in medicine, Peyton recently underwent airway reconstruction surgery, performed by pediatric otolaryngologist Dr. Brian Ho, and can now breathe on her own.]]>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:00:44 GMT98ed897a-a70e-4de5-825a-b2e4d64578aaThu, 21 Feb 2019 05:00:00 GMT4a96a9d9-e9dc-4a8a-8dd3-7c49e471c880Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:57:33 GMT90b2fc01-596c-4be2-b97f-9daf4726c3fcMon, 04 Feb 2019 19:46:42 GMT4485275d-a6de-4338-bc18-e543fbcabbeaSports Health Center at Nicklaus Children's helped Amber recover from her injury and return to dancing. In fact, Amber had the opportunity to dance in the Latin Grammy Awards last fall. ]]>Mon, 04 Feb 2019 14:54:46 GMT3f20b40c-d390-4e1a-b86f-21c6be8cbbb2Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:35:49 GMTb2170301-d9e1-496e-a278-76da478205f3Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:16:18 GMT8edd0249-fad5-40eb-a25d-e2f48e59e616Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:41:41 GMTde8f0cdd-b909-46fd-a4fd-eccf01d74ebaFri, 30 Nov 2018 18:15:50 GMT65f39db7-3e73-4f66-ac6c-529e9433970cMon, 01 Oct 2018 17:17:07 GMT231a9b64-5f16-48a0-b0b5-fc3f28266169Mon, 24 Sep 2018 18:03:31 GMT1f2f5988-8ac7-4c40-92f5-e241c2685737Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:05:06 GMT985984e2-b30b-404d-adbb-f91afd524d76Fri, 21 Sep 2018 12:24:23 GMTbc5bedc9-4924-43b8-b8e7-c87a8c14cadbFri, 21 Sep 2018 11:00:00 GMTe832288a-e019-42e0-b48e-9eb542300d4aWed, 19 Sep 2018 12:55:56 GMT2d10958c-f4c9-4cf7-ac77-2c2589a4ffa1Tue, 04 Sep 2018 14:59:11 GMT490880c4-c7c0-4029-a252-e7eb405e3647Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:40:05 GMTa1d06599-7f28-4e7c-9e6d-1e5630607874Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:00:42 GMT9c6ff117-6f50-4e0a-8c51-785bd7b90bb7Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:26:56 GMT001c9531-eceb-4392-8686-120d87fa7f23Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:58:38 GMT8567c977-9897-4902-b5dd-faba346f542fTue, 26 Jun 2018 15:40:25 GMTee6760dd-178a-4527-a2f2-3f9f0e12dda1Fri, 01 Jun 2018 11:32:56 GMT2c16d25b-4262-47de-85fc-9d95b6c75b73Thu, 31 May 2018 17:52:56 GMTdbf17b93-0e53-4983-bc71-e2d03b72d82eWed, 25 Apr 2018 11:20:01 GMT40b055fe-4370-43c2-8a34-9aba154324a0Mon, 09 Apr 2018 13:59:49 GMTf691e3ec-74c8-4e5d-a378-4e1099676c48Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:35:42 GMT859ffa93-85c0-4592-8486-eaa93ad7f2d0Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:40:43 GMTce7952af-ec0e-494c-a6b7-4b32be3e6583Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:05:36 GMT9d7b8d85-9a02-46c5-b4a8-de934e41d2f8Mon, 15 Jan 2018 19:36:24 GMT75b98f91-afb5-455b-81e4-32ceb290e194Mon, 04 Dec 2017 12:23:02 GMTacd7498f-eddf-4961-a619-25995798fa69The Fetal Care Center at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Carter is now able to live a healthy and normal life.]]>Thu, 09 Nov 2017 14:40:42 GMT800e1f69-caf3-4af1-a00b-a27d78a609ceFri, 03 Nov 2017 19:31:26 GMTe0bba71c-d39a-490d-aaef-c08d2a377de2Fri, 03 Nov 2017 11:47:36 GMTfb4dfe3d-4df8-4a1e-8658-24910b9d63a1Wed, 18 Oct 2017 18:59:57 GMTb724d51f-45bc-4747-bc14-f1e702c08c32Thu, 28 Sep 2017 18:38:25 GMT538b358e-4936-47e7-9086-0cb2bcddd1edCraniofacial Center at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital.]]>Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:51:01 GMT8bbe27d0-b317-4d19-bdb3-24a09ab7030cTue, 29 Aug 2017 04:00:00 GMT5da62929-1998-4fba-b513-7b6fd9d9c7dfMon, 28 Aug 2017 13:00:08 GMT5dabb11f-9a40-43d7-9005-3542b0d2290cWed, 02 Aug 2017 18:02:00 GMT65145602-9fe8-46e7-a949-f28a54cee161Wed, 19 Jul 2017 20:06:14 GMTbc1de69c-e8ef-4762-81f5-8f5a078d7ac7Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:36:11 GMTe60f5c87-7ce5-4dfd-b0a9-e0e7091cc836Thu, 08 Jun 2017 18:02:47 GMT0ffad0c5-b028-4379-8e78-5ae5b3616daeTue, 06 Jun 2017 15:37:20 GMT7208df43-1bf4-4380-8da1-a765501a0554Mon, 08 May 2017 18:49:48 GMT0e0c0087-9fa3-4635-aac8-c22eee87d54dMon, 10 Apr 2017 13:11:24 GMTfaee7388-23e6-4907-bdbe-481a12588a05Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:27:26 GMT417e22bf-eb3f-4c41-85bd-5ce1f44a13d5Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:00:00 GMTe0288a70-2860-4d82-ae7a-514ec8a7d814Tue, 14 Mar 2017 19:16:08 GMTf8200a89-3d39-4a62-94a8-03f8037d3946Wed, 08 Mar 2017 14:00:43 GMT40293ff6-e876-4476-bdcc-85bfafd54497Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:56:51 GMT7a0729be-8d16-4d5c-b74d-0152f3ade5bcWhile her high school senior peers were trying on prom dresses and applying to college, Sydnie Romero was grappling with a decision that would be tough for anyone, let alone a chronically ill 17-year-old. Sydnie was born with sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder in which bone marrow produces defective hemoglobin that can block blood supply to parts of the body, resulting in “pain crises,” which are episodes of severe pain that can last for hours to days.
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“You were there at the beginning of our journey and now we have these two blessings!”
– Kristina & JD
“Thank you for taking the time to teach us about the importance of genetic testing and reviewing everything with us. We are so happy and fortunate to have a beautiful, healthy, baby boy!”
– Stacey & Adam
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thank you for closing
the hole in my heart.
Your friend,
Jillian]]>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:31:30 GMT7d3b512d-f5e1-4931-894a-5f4459dd4e72
All I wanted to say is that I love you and I really miss you.]]>Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:20:05 GMT62117111-982e-4469-9071-57379eac32f2
Guess who just turned 4 years old? We did!]]>Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:25:49 GMT