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Man’s Life Saved After First-Of-Its-Kind Neurosurgery
October 7, 2021
Vero Beach resident Brian Bedard is a contractor who is used to working long days in high-stress environments. But in October 2018, a splitting headache – unlike anything he’d ever experienced before – forced the 46-year-old to return home early from work.
Read MoreBaby Reunites with Parents after Months in the NICU
July 30, 2021
Daniel Furlong, a former urology resident at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and his wife, Sarah, were packing for their babymoon trip – four months before the expected arrival of their first child – when suddenly, Sarah began to experience uterine cramps.
Read MoreYoung Woman Reconnects with Physician Who Saved Her Life as a Baby From an Airway Disorder
June 15, 2021
“I was high-risk in my second trimester,” said Rivera. “I was given steroids to try to speed up the development of Tyani’s lungs but my kidneys were failing at the same time.”
Read MoreFamily Helps Save a Miami Gardens Man by Recognizing the Early Signs of a Stroke
May 21, 2021
Throughout his life, George Wakefield has always been active, playing sports and even coming close to competing in the Summer Olympics. While he has slowed down as he’s gotten older, he still considers himself healthy.
Read MoreNaples Twin Celebrating Her Third Transplant Anniversary after Rare Diagnosis of Alagille Syndrome
April 14, 2021
Three months after delivering healthy twin girls, the new parents noticed that one of their daughters, Ella, was developing differently than her sister, Lacy.
Read MoreA Second, Multi-Organ Transplant during COVID Gives 5-year-old Chance at Life
April 13, 2021
After years of long and frequent hospital stays, not being able to eat, and digestive and intestinal issues that required two multi-organ transplants — 5-year-old Elijah Marrow is enjoying the freedom to run around freely and eat pizza.
Read MoreWoman Suffering from Life-Threatening Condition is Saved at Jackson
March 24, 2021
During her sixth month of pregnancy, Nuñez began to experience bleeding – not once, but twice, requiring hospitalization both times. Doctors feared she had placenta accreta, an uncommon condition in pregnancy in which the placenta grows too deeply.
Read MoreLocal Teacher’s Life Saved After Cardiac Arrest Shortly After Diagnosis Of COVID-19
March 11, 2021
Brettlynn Wolff got tested for COVID-19 as a precaution for her family’s well being. Her test came back positive, and within a few days, she experienced what seemed to be a short-lived fainting spell. The next morning, she woke up breathing heavily.
Read MoreOrlando Toddler Leaves Hospital After Long Battle of Liver Disease
February 2, 2021
When Danilia “Amor” Aquino was born prematurely at 26 weeks in Orlando on August 26, 2019, she was showing early signs of liver disease. A few months later, she was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare, genetic, life-threatening liver disease that only appears in infants.
Read MoreWorld’s Smallest Heart Pump Helps Bahamian Woman with Weak Heart
December 19, 2020
Angelique Williamson exercised regularly and had even run marathons and competed in fitness competitions. So when the 53-year-old couldn’t climb a flight of stairs in her Bahamas home without feeling winded and out of breath, she knew something was wrong.
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