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Jonathan: How the Malone Procedure Improved Jonathan's Quality of Life

Children's Colorado

Jonathan Mackey was born with spina bifida and dealt with its many health complications throughout his life, including neurogenic bladder and bowel difficulties. A recent decline in his health was significantly decreasing his quality of life. He had one good option that could make a big difference – the Malone (ACE) procedure.

Jonathan Mackey in exam room with Dr. Andrea Bischoff and Julie Schlekter, nurse practitioner

Peyton: How Prenatal Spina Bifida Surgery Helped Avoid Brain Surgery

Children's Colorado

Peyton’s myeloschisis, the severest form of spina bifida, put her at risk for acute complications. Fetal surgery was her best chance at a positive outcome.

Darius: A Journey to Children's Hospital Colorado

Children's Colorado

Darius was born with an anorectal malformation, a condition in which his rectum and anus did not develop properly. Dr. Peña and Dr. Bischoff, two world-renowned colorectal surgeons, performed surgeries that saved Darius' life. These doctors provided a level of care that led Darius’ family to follow these doctors to Children’s Hospital Colorado from New Jersey.

Patient Darius with colorectal surgeons Dr. Pena and Dr. Bischoff

Bri: One Stubborn Patient, Two Persistent Providers and the Struggle to Heal

Children's Colorado

Bri Whitbread first landed in the hospital at age 14. She hadn’t eaten in days. Her blood pressure and heart rate levels were plummeting, putting her at risk for heart failure. It was the first episode in a struggle that would ricochet Bri from one inpatient psych unit to another for more than four years.

Bri Whitbread is wearing a blue blouse and crocheting.

Evelyn: An Abdominal Condition and Eight Month Hospital Stay Doesn't Stop Her Smiles

Children's Colorado

Evelyn Steppig was born with a condition called omphalocele, a birth defect of the abdominal wall. She spent the first eight months of her life at Children’s Hospital Colorado, with seven of those months in the NICU.

Harlowe: Caring for a Rare Cardiac Condition, Before and After Birth

Children's Colorado

Mariel Corbitt had an autoimmune condition called Sjogren's syndrome. This condition caused her baby girl, still in utero, to begin having problems. Mariel's daughter's heartbeat dropped to half its previous rate and caused a scare. After birth, the baby was given a pacemaker and is now thriving.

Harlowe, a young girl treated by Dr. Bettina Cuneo at Children's Hospital Colorado, rides a horse.

Leela: Healing Arthrogryposis with Hand Therapy

Children's Colorado

Leela is a feisty 19-month-old who can feed herself, pick up little things and brush her own hair. Her parents deeply value each of these abilities as they were all once deemed potentially impossible for Leela. Read her story.

A closeup of a baby's hand grasping a doctor's finger.

Channing Joy: Treating a Congenital Heart Defect

Children's Colorado

Cari McCoy tells her baby's story of supraventricular tachycardia (or SVT), a congenital heart defect in which the heart muscles are working overtime and, often, uncontrollably.

Young blond mother holding baby girl facing forward. Baby looks as if she's giggling; mom is smiling.

Naomi: The Importance of Practice

Children's Colorado

Hear one family’s compelling story about how a focus on practice and preparation allows the Heart Institute at Children's Hospital Colorado to save the lives of children requiring immediate and critical care throughout Colorado and the surrounding region.

A toddler girl with brown hair stands against a window in a pink dress with a flower belt.

Caroline: Staying on Pointe Despite Scoliosis

Children's Colorado

Tap, jazz, ballet and modern – ballerina Caroline Cappelletti dances more than 30 hours a week to perfect her skill. She wasn't going to let a diagnosis of surgical scoliosis keep her from center stage.

Ballerina and Children's Hospital Colorado scoliosis patient Caroline practices ballet at the bar.

Adeline: How a Nephrologist Saved a Child Who Had Cancer

Children's Colorado

Pediatric nephrologists identified a life-saving thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) diagnosis and treatment plan that beat all odds for a now 3-year-old girl named Adeline.

A 3-year-old girl who was diagnosed with thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) plays with her parent.

Mathew: How the Diagnosis of an Extra X Chromosome Helped Mathew Find Himself

Children's Colorado

Mathew has Klinefelter syndrome, or XXY, the result of an extra X chromosome that can lead to hormone deficiencies, learning delays and more.

A boy with brown hair and wearing a light blue button down shirt stands in front of a colorful mural with hands spelling out L-O-V-E in sign language, a light blue sky, green grasses and several flowers including a red rose and purple lilacs.

Maddox: Multidisciplinary Care

Children's Colorado

Learn how a multidisciplinary team helped the Sharpe family develop an in-home care routine to help end midnight runs to the hospital.

Maddie, a patient of the Sie Center, plays on a playground.

Emily: The First Safe Haven for Children with Disorders of Sexual Development

Children's Colorado

A mother's journey when her child was treated for a disorder of sexual development (DSD) and the one-of-a-kind patient advocacy program her family embraced.

The disorder of sexual development (DSD) support group meets at Children's Hospital Colorado.

Martha: Throwing the Gaunlet to Ewing's Sarcoma

Children's Colorado

Ewing's sarcoma didn't halt Martha's adventures. Shortly after completing chemo, she ran a 10k and rode in the Courage Classic. Read her story.

Cash: The New Possibility of Surviving a Brainstem Ganglioglioma

Children's Colorado

Find out how Drs. Foreman and Mulcahy-Levy researched a new drug to treat a tumor in Cash’s brain.

David: How a Cold Hat Saved the "Miracle Boy's" Life

Children's Colorado

This family has been through a lot but they now have a healthy, young boy. David was born with Meconium aspiration. His lungs were full of a dark fluid and had left David unable to breathe, which quickly led to hypoxic brain damage. Brain Cooling was immediately started and helped him.

Brain Cooling helped this boy battle hypoxic brain damage

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Stories of Getting Better at Children's Hospital Colorado

Jonathan: How the Malone Procedure Improved Jonathan's Quality of Life

Peyton: How Prenatal Spina Bifida Surgery Helped Avoid Brain Surgery

Darius: A Journey to Children's Hospital Colorado

Bri: One Stubborn Patient, Two Persistent Providers and the Struggle to Heal

Evelyn: An Abdominal Condition and Eight Month Hospital Stay Doesn't Stop Her Smiles

Harlowe: Caring for a Rare Cardiac Condition, Before and After Birth

Leela: Healing Arthrogryposis with Hand Therapy

Channing Joy: Treating a Congenital Heart Defect

Naomi: The Importance of Practice

Caroline: Staying on Pointe Despite Scoliosis

Adeline: How a Nephrologist Saved a Child Who Had Cancer

Mathew: How the Diagnosis of an Extra X Chromosome Helped Mathew Find Himself

Maddox: Multidisciplinary Care

Emily: The First Safe Haven for Children with Disorders of Sexual Development

Martha: Throwing the Gaunlet to Ewing's Sarcoma

Cash: The New Possibility of Surviving a Brainstem Ganglioglioma

David: How a Cold Hat Saved the "Miracle Boy's" Life

Robert: A Different Perspective on Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome

Lexi: With a Little Extra Neuromuscular Protein, Lexi Learns to Dance

Haylie: How a Miniature Endoscope Eased Her Stomach Pain

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