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Make holiday magic for kids spending the season in the hospital 🎁 Start a virtual toy drive today: ms.spr.ly/6181m7PnJ
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Thank you, Ruthzee Louijeune, President of the Boston City Council, for your visit! We are excited about future collaboration to promote health equity.
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Health equity? Is that why you provide gender reassignment surgeries on children? Or is it for the money? I'd understand the latter.
Remember Lucas? He and his mom, Heather, shared the story of his incredible five-organ transplant back in 2017. Now, they’re back to catch us up on everything that’s happened since then — from acting in school plays to making new friends. “He embraces every aspect of life,” says Heather. 👇
Catching up with Lucas eight years after his multivisceral transplant - Boston Children's Answers
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It’s been 8 years since his multivisceral transplant, and Lucas has never been better, thanks to the care he received at Boston Children's.45 CommentsComment on Facebook
What an incredible young man. God bless you and your family. ❤️
God works in mysterious ways. Such a wonderful story.
So happy for you little guy ❤️
Once a Boston Children’s heart patient, Caleb Hawkins, a new media artist, shares the inspiration behind his piece, “Refraction,” installed here in our chapel. Rabbi Susan Harris, MHL, BCC, is interviewed. Read their full story on WBUR 90.9 FM 👇
New media artist Caleb Hawkins sculpts with light
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As design director at MASARY Studios, Hawkins executes luminescent, large-scale art installations using architecture, technology and algorithms.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
New name, new space, same dedicated care. 👏 We’re thrilled to announce that the Maternal Fetal Care Center is now the Fetal Care and Surgery Center. The team is up and running in a new, enhanced unit, which features:
🩺 Specialized exam rooms equipped for ultrasounds, non-stress tests, as well as procedures, allow our patients to receive comprehensive care without having to change rooms
🖼️ A “grownup” design, with warm colors and artwork, helps create a calming environment
🛋️🍎 An expanded waiting area with a nourishment station provides more comfort on longer appointment days
🩻 Larger reading and clinical and administrative workrooms support collaboration and multidisciplinary care
We’re excited about this new chapter and look forward to welcoming our patients and families. Have you been to our new unit? Let us know what you think in the comments 👇
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Congratulations team!!!
Extraordinary innovative treatments for improving congenital fetal anomalies, hope for families and neonatal possibilities and an exceptional team dedicated to this incredible program and work! So proud. ❤️
Congratulations to the entire team! Incredible! Looks amazing 🤗🤩
The history of cystic fibrosis diagnosis
In 1955, Dr. Harry Shwachman, head of Boston Children’s Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, developed the first practical sweat test to diagnose cystic fibrosis (CF). It involved encasing the patient’s body in a plastic bag to collect sweat, then using the pictured device to measure levels of salt in the sample. Cystic fibrosis causes sweat to be 2-5 times saltier than average. The sweat test allowed for much simpler and earlier diagnosis of CF, crucial to effective treatment. A version of it is still the main diagnostic tool used today.
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