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• Signs and Symptoms of a Staph Infection

  Staph aureus can cause infections with skin and soft tissue infections being the most common type of staph infection seen in the community.

• ‘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.

• 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. 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Dentistry at Lurie Children’s: Providing Care and Comfort to Patients with Complex Needs

  Riley’s family put a pause on the dental work he needed after he was diagnosed with synovial cell sarcoma. Read more.

• Beads of Courage- Representing a Childhood Cancer Journey

  Lurie Children’s Beads of Courage program helps patients express experiences that can’t be fully captured in words. 

• 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.