April is National Donate Life Month. During the month, we are highlighting those who have been touched by organ donation and emphasizing the importance of becoming a donor. By Coral Denton and Caroline Lee Shiara Veltman lived a healthy childhood until seventh grade when she fell ill following a trip…
Few patients were as sick as teenager Andy Herrera when he arrived at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital in early 2018 for a heart transplant. He was on a type of heart-bypass that took over the functions of his heart for more than a year, longer than doctors had…
Karen Wright worked her way through the small gathering outside her 4-month-old daughter’s room in pediatric intensive care. It seemed to her as if everyone at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital had come to witness this historic moment. https://ufhealth.org/news/2019/uf-health-patient-first-receive-new-gene-therapy-neuromuscular-disease-fda-approval…
Dawn Strickland describes her four children as any doting parent would. Jonah, the oldest, is 16 and a wonderful helper. Joel, 14, is the sweetest boy. Nine-year-old Grace, the little athlete, is simply wonderful, and 2-year-old Hannah is a little ball of life. https://ufhealth.org/blog/living-great-hope…
