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• ECMO Survivors - Madeline's Story

  Read about Madeline's journey with ECMO as a newborn.

• ECMO Survivors - Chelsea's Story

  Chelsea was on ECMO for 30 days, which is the longest amount of time anyone is allowed to be on the machine. 

• ECMO Survivors - Drew's Story

  When Drew was two months old, he was admitted to Lurie Children’s with respiratory distress and bilateral pleural effusions. ECMO was Drew’s only shot at survival.

• Offering Hope and Support to Other Transgender Kids

  Daniel writes about growing up transgender and the PBS documentary Growing Up Trans. 

• Growing Up Trans: A Parent’s Perspective

  One family shares their experience about being featured in the FRONTLINE documentary, Growing Up Trans.

• “I Wanted to Help People Understand What It’s Like to Be Trans.”

  One teenage boy opens up about his experience with the hope that he can help people understand what it's like to be trans.