Henry
Five-year-old Henry Jones of Salem, Indiana, is one tough kid. He’s been on the heart transplant list for well over a year, eagerly waiting for the right match to come along. Born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition where the left side of his heart is underdeveloped, Henry’s heart doesn’t pump blood the way it…
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As an extreme preemie born at 24 weeks, Myla Hawkins faced uncertain odds for survival. It was a long journey in the Norton Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), with a care team that remained dedicated to providing lifesaving care during a series of medical emergencies. Myla overcame all these obstacles and is now…
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Before Leeland Brady was born, his parents never knew if they would see their little boy thrive. Before birth, he was diagnosed with two life-threatening conditions that would require many months of critical care in the Norton Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The family, from Lebanon, Kentucky, spent nine months with Leeland in…
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At age 5, Jakob Quenzer was diagnosed with ganglioglioma, a rare and slow-growing benign tumor in his brain. Thanks to a bicycle accident leading to a scan at his local urgent clinic, the tumor was found early. “Upon arrival at the local urgent clinic, we learned that a total of four boys were being seen…
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Everleigh Johns is a miracle baby. She has an extremely rare genetic condition, but it wasn’t an easy or clear path to reach her diagnosis. For months, her care team never stopped treating her symptoms while searching for answers — until a special genetic test would finally reveal the cause of Everleigh’s struggles. By the…
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What Gavin Ford thought was shortness of breath turned out to be a life-threatening heart condition. Public service is in Gavin Ford’s blood. Gavin idolizes his grandfather, a deputy fire chief, and grew up hanging around a fire station in the Pleasure Ridge Park area of Louisville. His father is a local police officer. Gavin,…
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As 8-year-old Magnus Noe recovers, he has his eye on playing football again A daredevil tree climb resulted in Magnus Noe taking a trip to Norton Children’s Hospital for emergency surgery. Magnus, 8, and his family are from Louisville but now live near St. Augustine, Florida. They came back to Louisville for a week to…
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It’s been a long journey for Louisville Male High School football star Isaac Sowells Jr. Isaac, known by most as “Spike,” is among the highest-ranked high school offensive linemen in Kentucky and has been recruited by some of the top college programs in the country. Spike recently announced his decision to play center at North…
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Early beginnings and diagnosis Titus Williams’ journey as a heart patient started the moment he was born. As soon as he was delivered via cesarean section at a hospital in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, doctors noticed something was wrong. He was quickly transferred to Norton Children’s Hospital in Louisville, where doctors discovered he was born with pulmonary…
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Meadow EmmaLou Boes loves princesses. The 2-year-old is obsessed with Elsa from “Frozen.” Among her growing vocabulary, three of her top words are, “Let it go!” “Meadow lives life at 100%,” said Sarah, Meadow’s mom. “You’d never know she was born with a life-threatening heart condition.” In summer 2022, Sarah and her husband, Ben, were…
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