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Natalee's Story Patient Stories Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Natalee is as unique as the spelling of her name. She listens to music from the 40s and has already won a handful of writing contests. She loves the freedom her imagination provides. …

Seeing through the eyes of a child Patient Stories Ophthalmology Seeing the world through the eyes of a child can make things seem fresh and new. Unless those eyes are clouded by cataracts. For children like 4-year-old Xander who were born with cataracts, …

Easton never gives up Patient Stories Spinal Cord Injury Traumatic Brain Injury Easton has always loved playing sports, especially basketball. But his life changed on Jan. 22, 2023, following a horrible accident while riding a motorized dirt bike. The …

Jack's Story Patient Stories Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders For the first few years of his life, Jack was an ordinary, healthy toddler. However, three months shy of his third birthday, things began to change. Jack started running a low-grade fever …

Jordan & Joshua's Story Patient Stories Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Beating All Odds Hereditary Complications You would never know from their animated personalities and infectious smiles that Jordan and Joshua live every day in pain. The …

Sammie's Story Patient Stories Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders Beating All Odds Crisis, Confusion and Cancer At the young age of 12, Sammie was diagnosed with acute leukemia. On June 1, 2002, Sammie went from feeling like she had the flu to very …

Monica's Story Patient Stories Gastroenterology (GI) Not an Eating Disorder Severe Weight Loss “Monica has always been one of our healthiest kids,” said Nannette, mother of six. “So when she started experiencing stomach pains and severe weight loss after …

Maya's Story Patient Stories Orthopedics Maya has plenty of dreams: to dance, run and be a cheerleader. But she was born with a condition that affects muscle and bone growth. Doctors told Maya’s parents that she wouldn’t likely walk without undergoing …

Brandon's Story Patient Stories Orthopedics From a young age, Brandon has loved playing sports. So when he tore his ACL playing football, he was devastated. But thanks to the physicians with the Sports Medicine Program at the Herbert J. Louis Center for …

Trevor's Story Patient Stories Orthopedics Since the age of six, Trevor has undergone 10 surgeries to correct his scoliosis. As he grew, rods placed on his spine to correct its shape had to be adjusted through surgery. Then his doctors at the Herbert J. …