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Newly diagnosed patients and their
families often want to hear stories about children who have faced
similar challenges and have won. Here are just a few of the many
success stories of Texas Children's patients and their families:
Allergy and
Immunology Clinic
Armando, diagnosed at 6 months,
severe combined immune deficiency
syndrome
Allen,
diagnosed at 8, acute myeloid leukemia
Crystal,
diagnosed at 7 and 14, acute lymphoblastic leukemia
David, diagnosed at 15,
T-cell lymphoma
Gabrielle, diagnosed at 10 months,
acute lymphoid leukemia
Garrett, diagnosed at 2, brain
tumor
Haden, diagnosed as an infant,
acute lymphoid leukemia
Kara, 13, sister of Krista who
was diagnosed at 7 with leukemia
Katelyn, diagnosed at 6, aplastic
anemia
Kelli, diagnosed at 2 1/2, neuroblastoma
Leah, diagnosed at 8 weeks,
retinoblastoma
Luis, diagnosed at 4, osteosarcoma
Nicole, diagnosed at 4,
neuroblastoma
Scott, diagnosed at 13, acute
lymphoid leukemia
Shawn, diagnosed at birth, acute
myeloid leukemia
Tara and Sara, diagnosed at 2,
acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Taylor, diagnosed at 10,
myelodysplastic syndrome and monosomy
7
Terra, diagnosed at 13, acute
lymphoblastic leukemia
Tracy, diagnosed as a toddler,
sickle cell disease
Brittany
Kaylee, diagnosed at 3,
alopecia areata
Roland, diagnosed at 14, type II
diabetes
Down Syndrome
(The Rise School, Houston)
Arabella,
diagnosed at birth, Down
syndrome
Garrett M., diagnosed before birth, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM)
Garrett J., diagnosed before birth, giant chest mass
Lauren, diagnosed before birth, lymphatic malformation or giant neck mass
Macie, diagnosed before
birth, mass on tailbone
– Fetal sacrococcygeal teratoma
Roberta and twin boys Bohdon and Yuri, diagnosed in second trimester in utero, Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Theresa, diagnosed before birth,
hernia of the diaphragm
Daniel, diagnosed at 13,
heart
failure and
severe sleep apnea
Jennifer, diagnosed at 14, type 2
diabetes
Barrett, diagnosed with profound
hearing loss
Lillian, diagnosed with profound
hearing loss
Brittany, diagnosed at birth,
mitochondrial disorder
Broghan, diagnosed with
hypoplastic left-heart syndrome at 11 days old
Jaime, diagnosed with atrial septal defect
Jennifer, diagnosed with
atrial septal defect
Joe, diagnosed at 13, massive heart
infection
Keri Len,
diagnosed with cardiomyopathy at 10 months old
Leanny, diagnosed at 3 months,
dilated cardiomyopathy
Luis S., diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia
Mary, diagnosed at birth, heterotaxy syndrome
Nikhil, diagnosed before birth,
congenital heart defect
Quentin, diagnosed at birth, mitochondrial disorder
Rachel, diagnosed at birth, hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Rebecca and Rose,
diagnosed with hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy
Schuster, diagnosed at birth,
congenital heart condition
Andrew, diagnosed
as a newborn, Congenital CMV
Caroline, diagnosed
as a newborn, Congenital CMV
Mackenzie, diagnosed at 7, Kawasaki disease
Brad, diagnosed at
10, Chron's disease
Leslie, diagnosed at 8, fulminant
meningococcal meningitis
Marion, diagnosed at 11 months, toxic shock syndrome
Rosalie, diagnosed at 11, viral
meningitis and encephalitis
Eleanor, diagnosed shortly after birth, biliary atresia
Evea, diagnosed at 2 months, chronic liver disease
Jessica, diagnosed at 9,
Steatohepatitis
Chase,
diagnosed at 2, cystic fibrosis
Alex,
diagnosed one week old, epilepsy
Lauren, diagnosed at 2, Rett Syndrome
Maria, diagnosed at 12, brain tumor and epilepsy
Neal, diagnosed at birth, cerebral
palsy
Clark, delivered at 27 weeks, premature birth
Chris, delivered at 27 weeks, premature
birth
Dominique,
Birth weight 1 pound
Meredith and Margaret,
delivered at 25 weeks, premature birth
Neal,
diagnosed at birth, cerebral palsy
Riley, diagnosed at birth, transposition of the great arteries
Taylor, diagnosed at birth,
hyaline membrane disease
Alexandra, injured hand at 2 years
old,
corrected with plastic surgeryAshlynn,
diagnosed at birth, hemifacial
microsomia
Brittanee, diagnosed in second
grade, prominent ears
Matthew, diagnosed at birth,
cleft lip and cleft palate
Emma,
diagnosed at birth, infantile polycystic kidney disease
Marcos, diagnosed at birth,
Eagle-Barrett syndrome
Emma,
injured at 12, car accident
Landon,
diagnosed at almost 2, speech delay
Ashley Diagnosed at
3,
focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)
Chase, diagnosed at 2, cystic
fibrosis
Emma,
diagnosed at birth, infantile polycystic kidney disease
Marcos, diagnosed at birth,
Eagle-Barrett syndrome
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