Jessica A.
Age: 23 Years | Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
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Cami’s Story
On May 20, 2013, Cami was born via emergency c-section at 25 weeks and 2 days gestation weighing just 1 lb. 7 oz. The larger of our identical twin girls, she had an incredibly rough start and was given chest compressions in the delivery room. When our daughters were just 9 days old, we lost […]
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Life with Marfan Syndrome and Children’s Hospital
At my 2 year check up my family doctor noticed a murmur. He then sent me to Children’s Hospital for further testing. I was diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome. My condition effects all the connective tissue in my body. I’ve had eye surgery to remove my dislocated lens, back surgery to place Harrington rods for scoliosis, […]
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Little Lion Laith
Laith was born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, a complex congenital heart defect where the structures on the left side of the heart are small and underdeveloped. Laith and his family came to Nationwide Children’s Hospital from their home in Maryland for his treatment to seek care from Dr. Mark Galantowicz and his team, as […]
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Evan’s Story
It was a wonderful day in May five years ago when Evan came into this world. While Evan’s parents were expecting his arrival, they were not expecting that he would have a medical condition which would require multiple surgeries. Evan was born with a cleft palate and bilateral cleft lip. Cleft lip and/or cleft palate […]
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Adelaide’s story
Adelaide’s heart murmur was discovered at her 9 month well visit. We were sent to Nationwide Children’s immediately. She was put through some testing and it was discovered that she had ASD. Our cardiologist and his team kept good tabs on Adelaide’s progress for several months and after multiple EKG’s and echoes it was decided […]
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Battle On Baby Boy!
On August 5, 2015, I took Nathan to the pediatrician because he had slept for 16 out of 18 hours. He was so lethargic, I couldn’t wake him to eat. When we saw our pediatrician and she thought we were crazy until she measured his head size. She recommended I have my husband meet me […]
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Kendall’s story
Kendall was 2 years old when I took him to the pediatrician because he was complaining of an ear ache. He did indeed have an ear infection, but his heart was also beating very fast. The next thing I knew, we were in an ambulance for a 2 hour drive from our hometown of Findlay […]
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Bentley’s Story
At birth, Bentley couldn’t breathe on his back was transported from Wheeling, WV to Columbus. We found out Bentley had a small jaw and cleft palate. He could eat out of a regular bottle, he has to use a bottle that you would squeeze because he didn’t have the sucking power, so what he didn’t […]
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Greyson’s Heart Surgery
At our 20 week ultrasound with Greyson, we were told he would be born with Coarctation of the Aorta, a Congenital Heart Defect. We were sent to a pediatric cardiologist for more detailed ultrasounds during the remainder of my pregnancy. I can remember being so scared, confused, and worried during these ultrasounds. Towards the end […]
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