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• ‘Brighter Days’ Ahead for Brielle, Whose 8-Year Transplant Wait is Over

  Finally, after 8 years, a healthy small bowel was available for Brielle’s transplant.

• Toddler Diagnosed with Extremely Rare Cancer Receives Life-Saving Bone Marrow Transplant

  James McCarthy, now 3, was diagnosed with an extremely rare and aggressive form of leukemia, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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. 

• 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. 

• 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.

• Baby Girl Joins Twin Sister at Home after Fetal Surgeon Removes Her Life-Threatening Tumor

  Jenessa was born with a teratoma tumor which is not cancerous but is fast growing and could potentially press on the baby’s airway.

• After Dog Bite, Plastic Surgeons Reconstruct Jaysen’s Ear

  Jaysen was four years old when a friend’s dog lunged off a couch toward him, biting off part of his right ear. Jaysen and his family went to Lurie Children’s for treatment.

• Macklyn’s Story: Neurocritical Program Optimizes Outcome After Bacterial Meningitis

  When Angela and Jake welcomed their daughter into the world at 36 weeks, they quickly found their joy was overshadowed with concern for her health.

• Reconstructing the ACL Helps Teen Boy Thrive in Athletics After Injury in Both Knees

  Jack was a defender for his travel soccer team when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, in his left knee.

• Leap of Faith - PCD Foundation Helps Family Find Answers at Lurie Children’s

  “The minute Faith was placed in our hands, I knew she was pretty sick,” Linda Wood says. Still, that did not deter her family from adopting Faith from an orphanage in China. 

• Sailing to Recovery – Lily’s Journey with Lapidus Bunionectomy

  Lily was having trouble walking long distances. Looking closely, her parents noticed what looked like bunions on her feet. 

• After Treatment for BPS, Leonie and Her Family are Breathing Easier

  At just 28 weeks, Libby had an uneasy feeling about her pregnancy with her daughter, Leonie. She felt her stomach was measuring much larger than it should be.

• Hope in Midst of Tragedy for a Little Girl with a Rare Cancer

  Fionah was diagnosed with myoepithelial carcinoma, an extremely rare disease in the pediatric population. Her family brought her to Lurie Children's for treatment.

• Cleft Lip on the Neck? Lurie Children’s Surgeon Corrects Girl’s Rare Condition

  Shiloh was born with a small hole in the middle of her neck, otherwise known as the rare condition congenital midline cervical cleft, or CMCC.