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What do you do when your 10th birthday is coming, but you’re wearing a neck brace and scheduled for surgery? Go on tour! 🎉 🎸 That’s what Charlotte did. Inspired by Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, her family planned a Double Digits Tour, two weeks of mini parties that made Charlotte feel like a superstar. 🤩
Charlotte's comeback from os odontoideum - Boston Children's Answers
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After a fall from a swing left her temporarily paralyzed, Charlotte and her parents wanted to find the best place to repair her cervical spine.3 CommentsComment on Facebook
Happy Birthday to a sweet girl .I have celebrated 6 Birthdays in the hospital. One in ICU the nurses brought me an angel food cake with strawberry sauce. I will be praying for your surgery.
Praying for Charlotte 🙏
When I had surgery on my birthday during Covid my nurses ordered me a milkshake to have once I woke up in recovery so I could celebrate
March is National Nutrition Month, and we’re celebrating by sharing nutrition-themed videos with you! 🍎🥒 In keeping with this year’s theme, “food connects us,” our incredible nutrition experts share their knowledge about different types of recipes and food demonstrations that tailor to patients of all ages and ranging in dietary requirements, including last year’s cooking demo video!
Check out the playlist here 👇
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Join the The Benderson Family Heart Center at Boston Children’s Hospital team for the latest #CardiacConversations webinar! This month, we’re talking about the partial heart transplant—a groundbreaking approach designed to provide children with heart valve disease a transplant that grows with them. Mark your calendars for March 17 at 8:15 A.M. EDT! Register now and submit your questions here: bostonchildrens.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FrBcRH_VR9iTCbTU9Zk0bA#/registration
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Huge thank you to New England Patriots new head coach, Mike Vrabel, for making a special visit to Jayden this week! 💙 Read more below 👇
Before attending NFL Combine, Mike Vrabel made special visit at children’s hospital
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Before Mike Vrabel and his staff took off for Indianapolis to interview prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine, there was one special man he wanted to meet first locally: a long-term patient at Boston ...6 CommentsComment on Facebook
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It’s time to open your heart and roll out your mat to help kids find lifesaving answers at Boston Children’s Hospital. 🌟 💙
Yoga lovers of all levels, 18+, are called to raise funds to fuel research and vital services. In May, we’ll gather for a celebratory morning of practice led by top instructors and enjoy music, movement and a community marketplace. Together, we can give all children the care they deserve! Sign up now to start fundraising: ms.spr.ly/6185UhFX1
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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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