Deep inside 10-year-old Caleb’s brain, an insidious brain tumor grew and grew, pressing down on his brain stem and causing fluid to build inside the brain’s cavities, until Caleb could no longer walk, run or play. From dawn to dusk, Caleb sat in the corner of his family’s Haitian home, plagued by constant headaches and [Continue Reading]
From Patient to Caregiver: Nurse’s personal journey comes full circle
Sun Ko doesn’t remember the horrible car crash, the urgent rush to the hospital aboard a Memorial Hermann Life Flight® helicopter, or the emergency surgery to stop the swelling in her brain that would’ve killed her. But UTHealth neurosurgeon Dr. Ryan Kitagawa remembers her. It was late on Thanksgiving night in 2013 when Ko was [Continue Reading]
Hitting the High Notes Once More: Brain Injury Survivor Plays On
Without music, life was meaningless for Daniel Stover. “Music is my artistic outlet. I can’t draw. I can’t act. I can’t sing,” says Stover. “Playing an instrument allows me to express my passion for life.” When a severe hemorrhagic stroke due to a brain tumor left Stover unable to use his left hand, he thought [Continue Reading]
Taking a Leap of Faith Turns Injured Teen’s Life Around
While visiting her grandparents in Horatio, Arkansas, to celebrate Thanksgiving, Madison, then 13, was driving her 3-year-old cousin around a pasture on the family’s ATV while her mom Mandy was inside preparing dishes for the upcoming holiday dinner when the unexpected happened. “For some reason Madison decided to cross the road and they were hit [Continue Reading]
Watch What Happens When Houston Rockets’ Dwight Howard Surprises Kids in the Hospital
Imagine being a child in the hospital, you’re watching a video of one of your favorite sports heroes, and when you put down the video viewer, he’s standing right before you! That’s exactly what happened to some lucky patients at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. Using cutting-edge technologies such as 360-degree video and Google Cardboard, Houston [Continue Reading]
Heart Failure Threatens to End Baby’s Life Before He’s Born
Mom-to-be Sara Roberts received some alarming news roughly 20 weeks into her pregnancy. Florida residents, she and her husband Dillon were at a routine ultrasound appointment when the doctor pointed out an abnormality. At a follow-up appointment with her specialist, they learned their unborn baby, Ellis, had a broncho-pulmonary sequestration (BPS) which was causing his [Continue Reading]