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Living Life With All His Heart
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All parents face tough questions from their children, but Cynthia Harkins has had to answer some particularly poignant questions from her son, David. “He asked me once if he really has half a heart,”
Teen Receives Historic Heart-Liver Transplant
June 29, 2021
After a rare heart disorder triggered severe liver problems, Mark needed a lifesaving dual organ transplant. Read how 11 hospital teams carried out the intricate procedure, a first at Children’s
RN AIR
March 7, 2017
Judy Sherif has used her skills as a nurse, a pilot and a renegade to help build CHLA’s Emergency Transport Program into one of the largest in the nation.
Born With Ebstein’s Anomaly, Jaxon Now Has a Normal Heart
November 29, 2022
At birth, it seemed Jaxon’s only hope was a procedure that would leave him with “half a heart.” But once in surgery, everything changed.
From CHLA Heart Patient to CHLA Heart Institute Nurse
September 20, 2022
Once a patient, Sarah Hernandez is now a nurse at the very hospital that cared for her little brother and saved her own life as an infant with congenital heart defects.
A Match That Was Homemade
May 8, 2020
In end-stage renal disease, Maverick needed a kidney transplant. When a donor didn't turn up fast enough, his parents decided to look in-house.
5 Years All-clear!
November 29, 2016
Five years ago, Aiden was fighting for his life against acute myeloid leukemia. Now he’s five years clear of disease.
The Curious Case of Kairi
February 28, 2019
Rachel Lestz, MD, not one to mince words or to conserve them, is abruptly stuck in a pause, halfway between a plausible hypothetical and an oncoming dilemma. “Am I that curious a person?” she asks
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