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]
From Canada to Houston: Life Flight Goes the Distance for a Trauma Patient
Last October while vacationing in Canada, Houston resident Joyce Wells suffered a traumatic fall. She had been staying in Nova Scotia, Canada, when she was accidentally locked out of her vacation home. A gust of wind slammed a door shut and, while attempting to climb back into the house through another door, Wells lost her [Continue Reading]
House Fire Destroys a Child’s One-of-a-kind Necklace Chronicling her Heart Surgeries
Penny Pate was asleep when her home unexpectedly caught fire in May 2014. Penny’s two sons discovered the blaze that started on their front porch and alerted their parents in the middle of the night. Penny and her husband John had just enough time to get themselves and the four children out the back door [Continue Reading]
Infant Suffers Up to Fifty Seizures One Day and Zero the Next
There was nothing out of the ordinary about April Robertson’s pregnancy. She and her husband Scott were prepared to welcome their healthy baby boy in the summer of 2015. All of April’s tests came back normal and her pregnancy carried to term. Wesley Robertson was born on June 17, 2015. “The seizure almost looked like [Continue Reading]
A New Heart for Christian
A healthy, athletic teenager, Christian was used to physical challenges. He had been a decorated swimmer and played basketball, baseball, football and soccer most of his life. During a family vacation in Colorado in August 2014, he and his family were faced with the greatest challenge of his young life. Christian began experiencing flu-like symptoms [Continue Reading]