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CeCe and her family traveled from Chicago to Boston Children’s Hospital when other hospitals classified her as “inoperable”. CeCe’s parents were told that surgery was impossible to treat CeCe’s type of spinal cord tumor due to the location, but Boston Children’s stepped up when they received her MRI scans when CeCe’s parents were searching for a second opinion. The Spinal Cord Tumor Program—part of the Brain Tumor Center at Boston Children’s—specializes in surgically treating spinal cord tumors called gliomas. Dr. Katie Fehnel was able to remove most of the tumor—and CeCe was able to walk again within a week post-operation! Read more about her story and how she’s been on the move ever since: ms.spr.ly/6180vauCq
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At Boston Children's, we’re celebrating the 4th of July and $2.5M in donations from NRG Energy! Thank you for your generous support of our Every Child Fund, which helps our patients and families have access to lifesaving care and activities like this one that make hospital visits a little more fun.
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Give a Smile to kids across New England when you donate at checkout at Shaw's Supermarket and Star Market now through July 31! You’ll help kids like Zoya from MA, Spencer from VT, Charlotte from NH, Emily from ME and Atlas from RI get the lifesaving care they need to thrive.
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At Boston Children’s, child life specialists help kids be kids, through play, music, creative arts and more. Thank you to Delta Air Lines for helping make this essential programming possible. Your generosity means our patients and families receive support during their toughest moments. 💙
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After CeCe was diagnosed with a spinal cord tumor, her parents were warned that she would likely never walk again and might not be able to use her hands after surgery to remove it. Then they met Dr. Katie Fehnel in our Spinal Cord Tumor Program: ms.spr.ly/6180vsle6
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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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