Patient Stories
Patient Stories

Creating a Full Circle of Care

When 3-month-old Hank Matzke started running a fever and wouldn’t stop crying late one Saturday night, his parents, Amanda and ...

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A Christmas Miracle

Read more about how Peter Needham's recovery from head trauma created a family tradition. ...

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Celebrating Big for Savannah

Nothing stops Savannah from living every day of her life to the fullest—not even the colorectal issues that have caused ...

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Keeping Up With Nia

A rare heart condition doesn’t stop Nia Hughes from doing what she loves. ...

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Getting Back in the Saddle

After suffering a stroke at age 3, Emiliano De Lira Muñoz is looking forward to riding horses again. ...

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Luke Kicks On

Read more about Luke's injury - a torn anterior cruciate ligament - and his experience with St. Louis Children's Hospital. ...

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From Jackson, Mississippi, to St. Louis Children's Hospital: One Mom’s Quest for Her Son’s Cochlear Implant

Ian Farley, now age 12, was born with single-sided deafness. A cause for his deafness was never identified; according to ...

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Hope for the Future

As a mom and a nurse in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital newborn intensive care unit, Lisa Taylor can sense ...

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Medical Animations: Patent Foramen Ovale

The foramen ovale is a natural opening that exists between the right and left atria in the fetal circulatory system ...

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Jackson’s Story: Intervention Before Birth Delivers a Chance

Read more about Jackson's fight against large congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) and his experience with St. Louis Children's Hospital ...

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