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Quick-Thinking Emergency Treatment and Compassionate Rehab Care Saves One of Jackson’s Own
August 23, 2019
On May 11, Ed Navarro was relaxing on the water off Elliot Key near Key Biscayne with two longtime friends and their sons after a morning of fishing – a hobby he’s enjoyed since childhood. “We’d made some good catches,” recalled Navarro, 55. “We were cooling off and talking about our plans for the rest of the weekend before heading back to the dock.”
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Expectant Mother with Life-Threatening Placental Implantation Abnormality Saved by Multidisciplinary Team at Jackson Memorial Hospital
August 22, 2019
After having three sons, Lilia Silva and her husband were expecting their fourth child – this time a baby girl. When Silva was 19 weeks pregnant, an ultrasound revealed an abnormality with her placenta. A specialist in Palm Beach referred her for an MRI, which confirmed the worst.
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Meet Grandpa Juan
August 22, 2019
To honor his 10-year- old granddaughter who died after two multi-organ transplants, Juan Manfredi, 74, turned his heartbreaking loss into a lifetime of volunteering at Holtz Children’s Hospital.
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World’s First: Breakthrough 4K/3D Medical Technology Used During Liver Transplant Surgery on 8-pound Baby
August 1, 2019
UHealth surgeons at Holtz Children’s Hospital are first in the world to use this innovative technology for transplantation, which magnifies images 26 times leading to better outcomes for high-risk patients.
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South Florida Man Makes Miraculous Recovery after Receiving Comprehensive Treatment for Massive Aneurysm at Jackson Health System
May 21, 2019
Stepping into the kitchen at a friend’s house to get a drink, Justin Guberman’s legs suddenly gave out. “I was in the back of the ambulance talking to one of the EMTs when all of a sudden he leaned over to the driver and the next thing I knew, lights were flashing, sirens were going, and we were racing through the streets.”
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Former Miami Hurricanes Football Player Donates Kidney To Longtime Friend and Teammate
April 17, 2019
Twenty seven years ago, Gerard Daphnis and Jermaine Chambers were top recruits in the University of Miami’s football program. They forged a strong friendship on the field, one that has withstood the test of time. When Daphnis needed a lifesaving kidney transplant, Chambers secretly got tested to see if he was a compatible donor.
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Jackson Memorial Hospital and Miami Transplant Institute’s 12,000th Recipient is an Infant from South Florida
February 12, 2019
Frederick Prestler, Jr., affectionately known by his family as FJ, is an active and loving baby. His parents, Carline Morancy, 26, and Frederick Prestler, Sr., 27, are elated because as mom said, “to know FJ is to love him”.
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Miracle Baby Born at Holtz Children’s Hospital Goes Home for the Holidays
December 17, 2018
Claudia Bien-Aimé always dreamed of being a mother. The 36-year-old and her husband repeatedly tried to conceive a child. However, every time she would get pregnant, she would suffer the heartbreaking loss of her unborn child. It always happened during the fourth month of pregnancy.
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Local Science Teacher Overcomes What Students Nicknamed the “Mealey Bobble”
September 24, 2018
South Florida native Brian Mealey, 64, is passionate about two things: science and his students at Palmer Trinity School in Palmetto Bay.
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Motorcycle Crash Survivor Makes Miraculous Recovery at Jackson South
September 10, 2018
On May 20, 27-year-old John Toro was enjoying his new motorcycle when he was struck by another vehicle while leaving a gas station in Florida City.
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