September 2015
| Drew, my sweet, full-of-life, 3-and-a-half year old was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in June 2014. We went to my aunt's ranch and Drew's eyes were swelling. My eyes were also swelling due to allergies, so I gave her allergy medicine and thought the problem would go away. When we got home Drew kept grabbing her head saying, "My head hurts." I would check her head for a fever but she was never warm. Her eyes were still swollen and when she woke me up at 6 a.m. grabbing her head I knew I had to take her to the doctor. Read MoreStephanie Carroll
Mother of patient
Texas Children's Hospital |
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| | Vaccines were once again thrown back in the spotlight when the lively debate between Republican candidates took an unexpected turn. The conversation between Mr. Trump, Dr. Carson, and to a lesser degree, Dr. Paul, included several errors and misconceptions that as childhood health advocates, we felt obligated to correct.
Read more Rachel Cunningham
Immunization Project
Texas Children's Hospital |
| My husband and I went into our 20 week ultrasound thinking it was going to be smooth sailing and we would walk out of there on cloud nine. Boy, were we wrong. We were told that our son Reed's organs formed on the outside of his body (a condition called a giant omphalocele) and that he had a single umbilical artery.
Read more Kristin Deitz
Mother of patient
Texas Children's Hospital |
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