Archive for home parenteral nutrition
Finding specialized care for short bowel syndrome: Meet Makai
Eric Maldonado was picking up some groceries one day last fall when he saw a familiar face: The woman, a nurse in his local hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), had helped care for his son Makai earlier that year. “She asked how he was doing, because she remembered that he had been an angry ... Read More about Finding specialized care for short bowel syndrome: Meet Makai
Worth the fight: Finding care for short bowel syndrome
When Hannah Lillie meets someone new, she’s likely to smile and blow them a big kiss. The friendly, wide-eyed toddler loves being the center of attention — but when she was just 3 weeks old, she and her parents, Layne and Ryan, found themselves in the middle of a medical whirlwind they could never have ... Read More about Worth the fight: Finding care for short bowel syndrome