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Liver Transplant Cures Patient with Rare Congenital Disorder

A dream came true for 11-year-old Austin Sprock. All his life, Austin had to stick to a low-protein diet. He ...

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Leah Biskup - An extraordinary Journey

If you ask Leah Biskup, she'll tell you she's an ordinary teenager -- studying for mid-term exams at St. Louis ...

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Krystabelle: Here Comes the Sun

Four-year-old Krystabelle Wiles is so happy and outgoing—she always seems to “spread a little sunshine” wherever she goes. Since the ...

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Kicking Childhood Cancer

About a year ago, 36 men met on the soccer field at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois, in an attempt ...

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Kennedy's Cochlear Implants

Kennedy is just one example of the many brave kids whose lives have been changed thanks to a surgery performed ...

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Katelyn's Song

When Karin Jackson first greeted four-month-old Katelyn after the infant’s heart surgery, she breathed a premature sigh of relief. ...

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Kaitlyn's Olympic Journey

Nine-year-old Kaitlyn Holste is a competitive gymnast. And like most dedicated athletes, she didn’t let a minor cough and some ...

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Kailey's Tennis Ball-Sized Tumor

Pre-school, here she comes! Kailey may be fighting a high-grade glioma, a very aggressive form of brain tumor, but today ...

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Josef's Femur Fracture

Josef Marchuetz was a sophomore linebacker at Hillsborough High School when he severely fractured his femur during a JV football ...