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Food is Her Medicine – Ketogenic Diet Helps Baby Battling Seizures
“Olivia was born a warrior She’s fought many battles, from palette transfusion, to feeding and breathing on her own, heart defects, ear tubes, strabismus, diaphragmatic hernia (twice recurrent) but most of all she’s... Read More
A Celebration for Sickle Cell
At just seven days old, Olivia “Livy” Shorter, 7, was diagnosed with sickle cell disease, an inherited blood disorder that is characterized by production of abnormal hemoglobin, which is a protein in red... Read More
Cal’s Angels: Granting Better Outcomes to Children with Cancer
Thanks to a recent $525,000 gift from Cal’s Angels in support of Lurie Children’s Division of Hematology, Oncology, Neuro-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, more children facing a cancer diagnosis will have access to... Read More
CHAAMPS Camp: Improving a Child’s Quality of Life
Ten years ago, the pediatric surgery team at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, developed CHAAMPS camp, a camp that treats children with Colorectal conditions, Hirschsprung’s disease, Anorectal malformations and... Read More
Emma’s Story
By John Parli, Emma’s dad It all began with a tummy ache. Worried that it may be appendicitis, Danielle (Emma’s mom) took Emma, 6, to a walk-in clinic. She was very lethargic, vomiting... Read More
Keeping Hope for Hendrix
When Hendrix Mascara, 2, was born four-weeks early, his parents knew immediately something was more concerning than his premature arrival. “He spent a lot of time after birth in the neonatal intensive care... Read More