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Abby Steer Finds Miracles in Memphis
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| | When Abby Steer was born at Cox Hospital in Springfield, Mo., she appeared to be a normal baby girl – perfectly happy and perfectly healthy. But just hours after her delivery, doctors confronted her parents with devastating news. Their newborn daughter had a malignant glioblastoma tumor covering more than 75 percent of the right half of her brain. |
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Back in the Game
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| | When Shelton Beard arrived in Owensboro, Ky. For his baseball team's world series, his teammates showed their solidarity in an unusual way - they lined up in the parking lot to get their heads shaved. |
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Because of Jackson
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| | Because of Jackson Dunlap, Le Bonheur is one of about 100 international sites participating in this enzyme replacement therapy protocol that is showing results in previously-untreatable Pompe disease. Because of Jackson, his sister, Sloane, was diagnosed with the condition prenatally, and has received the therapy since she was two months old. |
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Born with part of his spine exposed, Tyree might never have walked without Le Bonheur.
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| | Still in his mother’s womb, Tyree was diagnosed with spina bifida, a condition that caused him to be
born with a portion of his spine outside his body. He underwent neurosurgery when he was only a day
old. |
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Emergency Services at Le Bonheur Saved Brendan's Life
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| | Brendan was air-lifted to Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center. He had a fractured skull, a badly broken leg, a shattered collarbone and swelling in his brain. Brendan’s injuries were so severe that his parents didn’t know if he would survive the week. That was three years ago. |
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Family thanks legislators for support
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| | The Flacks recently visited the state capitol to thank elected leaders for the support of children's health care. Learn how you can tell your story. |
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Giving Campbell Room to Grow
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| | Heather first noticed something was different about her daughter at four months. There was a significant ridge on the back of Campbell's head. The pediatrician told Heather to be patient. But at six months, Heather knew that there was something else wrong. |
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Inspiring Alex
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| | When Germantown resident Alex Underberg was born, his toes almost touched his shins. Today, he’s a star soccer forward who loves a good competition. Read how orthopedic surgeon Dr. Bill Warner found a miracle for this curly-headed kid. |
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Lindsey may not remember it today, but at four months old, the doctors at Le Bonheur fixed her broken heart.
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| | Doctors performed surgery when Lindsey was just four months old. She underwent a second surgery at 11 months to repair a ventricular septal defect (VSD), a hole in her heart. |
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Madeline goes to Nashville
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| | Tim and Bridgette Flack along with their children Madeline and Eli recently went to the state capital to thank elected leaders for their support of Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center and issues that pertain to children’s health care. |
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Mending the Smallest Broken Hearts
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| | On the morning of April 12, 2004, Carrington was air transported to Memphis by Pedi-Flite. In 20 minutes, she was at Le Bonheur where physicians discovered a hole in her heart. Find out how a brand new technology and the Cardiac Institute at Le Bonheur helped save the life of this little "princess." |
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Miss Ives Goes to Washington
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| | In June, four–year-old Anna Ives, made the field trip of a lifetime. Anna, a former brain tumor patient at Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center, participated in the National Association of Children’s Hospitals (N.A.C.H.) Family Advocacy Day in Washington, DC. |
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Not Your Average Joe
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| | Joe has epilepsy, and until he underwent epilepsy surgery at Le Bonheur on November 14, he wasn’t even able to recite his ABC’s. Within days of the surgical procedure, he was counting his numbers, talking in sentences and reciting the alphabet all the way through the letter P. |
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Olivia's Gift
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| | On Tuesday, September 12, Olivia Stevens will celebrate 11 years since a tragic playground accident almost took her life. It was the second day of Mother’s Day Out at St. John’s Episcopal Church for the 2 year old. |
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Transport Team Responds Quickly to Save Children's Lives
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| | Katrina Hooper of Tupelo, Miss. knew her 3-month-old son Christopher was a very active baby. But when she picked him up on the afternoon of June 8, his playful lunge backward turned to tragedy. |
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Unforgettable Olivia
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| | By now, you've probably heard third-grade Boliver resident Olivia Jones ask you to "Give Joy," as one of 15 children featured in a series of Le Bonheur Advertsements. Read how Olivia and her healthcare team battled a brain tumor and won. |
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Washington twins thrive at Camp Wezbegon
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| | Before last summer, Jamarcus Washington only knew one person who also suffered from asthma – his brother LeeVaris. Then, the 12-year-old twins had the opportunity to attend Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center’s Camp Wezbegon. |
