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Preparing for Baby While Hospitalized

BJC's Women & Infant's Center supports patients with pregnancy complications. ...

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This Belleville East Star is Playing Again Just 7 Weeks After Open Heart Surgery

Kaylah Rainey was told her senior season was over before it even started when she was diagnosed with a life-threatening ...

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A Life Saved. A Life-Long Friendship. A Meaningful Tribute.

Leslie Grigg Garvin developed a friendship with Dr. Ralph Feigin after Grigg had a cardiac arrest and lapsed into a ...

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Kylie’s Fight

From a young age Kylie has been beating back the symptoms of cystic fibrosis. Learn more about her story and ...

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Meet One Lucky Little Guy

Read more about Joni and Chris' story about their baby Jackson having myelomeningocele and their experience with St. Louis Children's ...

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Game Changers in Brain Tumor Treatment

On September of 2015 it was discovered that Gabe, only 15 at the time, had a brain tumor. The Scalise ...

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Gabby’s Hope

During a routine sonogram Mike and Leslie Macari were told something was wrong. Their daughter, Gabby, was diagnosed with neonatal ...

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Breaking the Cycle of Violence by Supporting its Young Victims

After being assaulted by several classmates in the girls’ restroom of her high school, Erica, age 17, was treated in ...

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A Lifelong Memory Turns into a Legacy of Giving

In 1958, a 2-year-old named Debbie contracted polio. The youngest of six, the toddler was sent from her home in ...