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Blás is a Champion When it Comes to Bowel Management
Once they arrived at Lurie Children’s, Blás was diagnosed with an imperforate anus, a birth defect where the anus is not fully developed or is blocked.
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Miguel Finds the Right Plan for Kidney Stone Treatment at Lurie Children’s
Miguel had kidney stones due to cystinuria, a condition that affects the kidneys and bladder, often causing painful stones and urinary tract infections.
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George Can See, Thanks to Lurie Children's Physicians
The daughter of a blind mother and a legally blind godmother, Heather Sullivan grew up “witnessing the blind living in a sighted world,” she says.
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Fresh Air: Lurie Children’s Surgeon Helps Florida Boy Breathe on His Own
Liam’s energy and smarts delight his family because just two years earlier, he couldn’t breathe without supplemental oxygen as he faced a daunting diagnosis.
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Otolaryngology Team Helps Marshall Breathe Easier
When Marshall was about one month old, his breathing grew abnormally noisy and it would get worse when he was eating or sleeping.
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Athletic Teen Stays on Track After Spinal Cord Tumor Surgery
Karen will never forget the Sunday morning her daughter woke up with a limp, dragging her foot.
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