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Robyn Brandt
When I was born at the medical center in Dothan, Alabama everything appeared to be perfectly normal. It was not until the nurses were giving me my first bath that they discovered that I had soft cleft palate and I stopped breathing. I was then intubated and flown to Children's Hospital. On the way to Birmingham the tube moved into my right lung and caused a pneumothorax. At Children's a chest-tube was placed in my side and feeding tube in my nose. I stayed there for several weeks in an incubator until I was stabilized. Full Story
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Mary Evelyn Butler
Mary Evelyn was born on June 16, 2007 and is fourteen months old now. She is a good-natured, happy baby. She has brought us so much joy. When she was eight months old we noticed a large growth forming under the skin on her back. Mary Evelyn endured a series of tests before the doctors finally diagnosed her as having Infantile Fibromatosis. Full Story
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Jacob Byrd
The Alabama and Mississippi Gulf Coast was dessimated after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 leaving many medical care providers stretched thin to cover the coast from Mississippi to Florida. Jacob had become noticeably ill with weight loss, bruising, fever, chills, and often, pain. Our pediatrician sent Jacob to see Dr. Stephen King and Carey Cavendar in Birmingham and subsequently underwent immediate diagnostic care for leukemia, surgery and treatment at Children's Hospital. Full Story
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Fuller Goldsmith
When Fuller Goldsmith of Tuscaloosa was three and a half years old, he was diagnosed with strep throat but a "mother's instinct" warned his mom, Melissa, that it was much more serious. A visit to her son's pediatrician, Dr. Phil Phillips, confirmed her worst fear. Fuller had Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) and would need to go immediately to the Children's Hospital of Alabama in Birmingham. Full Story
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Elijah Hester
Elijah was born in 2002 and was growing up quickly just like any other healthy little boy. But unknown to his parents, his skull sutures (growth joints between the bones) had prematurely fused during his early development. The abnormal growth this caused soon became noticeable, and at age four, Elijah was referred by his pediatrician to the Craniofacial Center at Children's Hospital of Alabama. There he met Dr. Grant and Dr. Blount and was diagnosed with Sagittal Craniosynostosis. Full Story
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Anna Sue Patterson Hicks
At the age of 15 I had such a speech problem that I could not even say my own name (Sue). In the first grade I chose an advanced story to read to the teacher for the first time. In front of the whole class, she advised me that she did not know if I could read because she could not understand a word that I said. In the 6th grade, my principal pointed me out in front of the entire student body and told me that I could speak better if I tried. Full Story
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Frances Grace Hirs -UPDATED on March 9, 2010
Frances Grace Hirs, a very brave little girl from Baldwin County is an expert on cancer, chemo, and leukemia. She was referred to Children's Hospital by her local pediatrician in August of 2003. There, she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), which is a serious type of blood cancer. She endured chemo and all of its side effects. She suffered a fractured back in five places and had to have a feeding tube. Full Story
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Cooper Keasler
On Saturday, Sept. 29, 2007 my three year old son Cooper complained of a headache. We took him to the doctor on Sunday and they said it was just a fever virus. We went home and Cooper continued having the headache and a fever. We went back to the doctor three more times that week,finally, when we went on Thursday, our doctor could see that something more was wrong. Cooper could not stay awake, he was struggling to breathe and his headache was getting worse. Full Story
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Riseneese Lby
When Reese Lisenby of Dothan was almost 3 years old, she developed pneumonia. X-rays showed a life-threatening accumulation of fluid around her lungs. Her parents, Judd and Nicole, were told that she needed to be transported by ambulance from the local hospital to Children's Hospital in Birmingham. Full Story
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Harris McConnell Jones
Harris was born 5/16/03 weighing 11 lbs. When he was 5 weeks old he was not eating well and not gaining weight. We saw the only Pediatric GI Specialist in Montgomery and after 2 hospitalizations to run every test we could to rule out things like Celiac Disease and Cystic Fibrosis and a NG tube, we chose to seek a GI specialist at the foremost hospital for children in the state of AL, Children's Hospital Birmingham. Full Story
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Marie Elizabeth McCormick
Marie was 5yrs old when it all began. She got her 5yr booster shots and everything started to go wrong. She was tired and couldn't stay awake for long. She started to bruise and stayed sick. We went to the doctor several times and nobody knew what was wrong. Full Story |
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Jackson Pavlovec
In August 2003, Jackson was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 9 weeks. He required multiple insulin injections each day to control his diabetes. His treatment was going well, but we knew this lifestyle would be difficult for him as he got older. Full Story |
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Jeff and Victoria Perry
Hello, my name is Jeff Perry, and both my daughter Victoria and I have been treated at Children's Hospital. I was born with a birth defect called Cranial Facial Syndrome. I had my first head surgery when I was just three months old and spent most of my childhood under doctors' care at the Children's Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. There are no words to describe this hospital, but what an awesome place! Full Story
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Amanda Phillips
My mom and dad found out when I was a baby that there was a hole in my heart. The blood was still flowing through pretty good but the doctors said that it would weaken my heart if I ever had a baby or as I got older. My parents, either hoping for grandchildren or a long life for me, decided that I needed to have the surgery. The doctors said it was better to do when I was a little older. I was five years old when my parents took me to Children's. Full Story
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Cami Phillips
At just a year old Cami was diagnosed with cancer. Cami's Mom, Camille Phillips, remembers taking Cami to her well baby check-up. Their pediatrician discovered the tumor in her abdomen. Cami's tumor was diagnosed as a stage 3 tumor, meaning it covered her entire abdomen but it had not yet invaded any of her organs. Their pediatrician immediately sent the family to Children's Hospital. Full Story
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Claire Richardson
Right after Hurricane Katrina, Claire had stomach aches, mild nausea and fatigue for about two weeks with several episodes of diarrhea. Her mother noticed that her stomach was distended, and went to their pediatrician, who sent Claire for an ultrasound, where they found several masses and fluid in the chest. Full Story
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John Ed Robinson
Mr. John Ed Robinson knows first-hand what a special place Children's Hospital is, since he was treated here nearly 63 years ago. In 1945, Mr. Robinson, a lifelong resident of Centre, Alabama was stricken with poliomyelitis (polio) when he was six years old. The doctors that he saw in Georgia sent him to Birmingham to Children's Hospital, which was then called the Crippled Children's Hospital. Full Story
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Stephanie Sims
When our daughter Stephanie was just 12 days old she had a seizure. Her eyes were opening and closing and we rushed her to our local doctor in Tuscumbia. She was immediately air lifted to Children's Hospital. As we drove down to Birmingham worried and frightened, our newborn baby girl's entire life was about to change. Once there, she was diagnosed with hydrocephalus Full Story. |
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Janae Slade
Janae was diagnosed with Type I diabetes on September 27, 2006 at the age of 4. It is a day that our family will never forget. Janae spent three days in a local hospital. Within 72 hours we were educated on how to manage her diabetes. It was scary, but Janae's health became our top priority. Full Story
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