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Diagnosed with sickle cell anemia at birth, Isaac has been managing the painful disease as long as he can remember. We first introduced you to this remarkable young man in 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuNYgGjMlME. Since then, science has come far enough to cure his disease and allow him to see his dream through. In May, 2017, he walked in his college graduation ceremony and received his degree.

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The Pimmel family shares the story of their baby boy Jack who was treated at St. Louis Children's Hospital for infant leukemia. Jack's legacy lives on in cancer research being conducted by Dr. Todd Druley. This story first aired on KMOV-TV.

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Catch up with Yordanis DelaCruz, profiled in the second season of The Frontline for Hope. The 3-year-old boy lives more than 1,800 miles away from St. Louis, in the Dominican Republic. In his tiny village, he accidentally drank a substance in a soda can, which he thought was soda. It turns out, the can was filled with toxic cleaning chemicals that burned his throat and esophagus. The damage was so extensive, Yordanis could no longer use his esophagus to eat or speak, and he needed a tube in his neck, or a tracheotomy, to breathe.

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We first met Grace while she was receiving chemotherapy for a form of childhood cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma during season 2 of The Frontline for Hope, a TV docuseries highlighting the patients, families and staff of St. Louis Children's Hospital. We are so happy to report that Grace has finished her treatment. She celebrated by ringing the ceremonial bell in our oncology department.

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The Kaelin family awaits a heart transplant for their daughter, Anna, a little girl who was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. They share their experience awaiting a heart transplant in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at St. Louis Children' Hospital.

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