Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery

Ripp’s story: Family credits Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital’s affiliated trauma team and TIRR Memorial Hermann for son’s recovery from a traumatic brain injury following a tractor accident.

May 19, 2023
On September 24, 2022, Chase and Kendall had a few friends over at their family farm in El Campo where they gathered around the fire pit, grilling fajitas. It was supposed to be a fun and relaxing afternoon on the farm. But then, in a matter of minutes, everything changed so quickly. Ripp had bee...

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Rebecca’s Story: Care in Katy through the Comprehensive Congenital Colorectal Program

May 10, 2023
In the spring of 2021, Francesca and Carlos Recao, who live near Katy, Texas, were finally feeling settled as first-time parents. Their little girl, Rebecca Rose, had just turned 9 months old, and the couple was soaking up every moment as a family of three. But during Rebecca’s 9-month well...

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Isaac’s story: The Comprehensive Congenital Colorectal Program helped give our son the ability to live a socially confident life

March 21, 2023
Isaac was born with imperforate anus, a rare birth defect where there is no anus (opening) at the end of his digestive tract. Isaac also had a neurogenic bladder, a term that describes what happens when neurological conditions affect the way the bladder functions. He had surgery to reconstruct hi...

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Carter’s Story: Multidisciplinary Team Treats Newborn with Rare Congenital Tumor

May 28, 2021
At Sarah’s 16-week ultrasound, her obstetrician explained that one of the babies she was carrying had a 2- to 3-centimeter mass at the base of his tailbone. The doctor explained that the baby had a sacrococcygeal teratoma (SCT), a tumor growing at the base of his tailbone. SCT is a rare condition...

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Andrew’s Story: Team Approach Cures Rare Lung Defect

July 7, 2020
When their unborn son was diagnosed with a rare and potentially life-threatening congenital birth defect, Carrie and Jordan Farrar knew they needed to find the experts, and fast. Fortunately, the couple from Tyler, Texas, was referred to The Fetal Center at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. T...

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Camden’s Story: Surgical Correction for Pectus

February 23, 2018
After year's of different diagnoses, Camden's breathing and chest pains were worsening until the doctors at Children's Memorial Hermann stepped in and got him the diagnosis and treatment he needed. Camden was diagnosed with pectus excavatum, also known as funnel chest, the most common congenital ...

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Aryah’s CDH Story: The First FETO Intervention Patient of The Fetal Center

January 8, 2018
Courtney and Robert both remember the feeling of pure joy in January 2016 when finding out they were pregnant with their second child – a baby girl – after three years of trying. Their happiness soon gave way to worry, though, when Courtney’s obstetrician said her ultrasound sca...

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Off His Chest: Dylan’s Pectus Story

January 5, 2018
Being a teenager is often difficult and confusing. For Dylan Palomino, that was compounded by his discovery, at age 14, that he had the genetic condition known as pectus excavatum, which causes the breastbone to sink into the chest, sometimes dramatically. “I was in junior high, a time when you’r...

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Filling the Gaps: Gavin’s CDH Story

January 5, 2018
Amy Sager was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child when, during a routine ultrasound, she found out she was carrying a boy. But for Sager and her husband, Kevin, what should have been a joyous moment soon gave way to concern. The baby’s heart, the obstetrician informed them, was pushed to the ...

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Noah's Story: Acute Appendicitis

October 17, 2017
When 9-year-old Noah complained of a stomachache, his mother, Susan, attributed it to everything he ate the day before. A few days later Noah went to a pediatrician, who took one look at Noah, touched his stomach and sent them straight to the nearest ER at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land. There, a CT...

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Ishaan Pavuluri Makes A Comeback

August 3, 2017
“It all happened in less than a minute,” Deepthi Bollu says. “We ran outside and looked around, then ran to the front and side of the house. By then I had a bad feeling, and when we looked in the pool, we saw him at the bottom.” After nearly three minutes of CPR administered according to instruct...

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Grace’s Story: Overcoming CDH

March 31, 2017
For some parents, a newborn’s cry can cause distress. But for Marlen and Kevin, hearing their daughter Grace’s first cry brought relief and joy. Grace was born with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), a condition that occurs during fetal development that can lead to severe respiratory and ot...

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Baby Luke's Battle With CDH

February 10, 2016
Jayden and Luke. Two-year-old identical twin boys. They run and wrestle, giggle and converse in their own shared lingo – jibber-jabber only they understand. But Jayden is taller, more robust. Luke wears the same size clothes as the boys’ younger brother Cooper. Each of the twins in his own way is...

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Conjoined Twins Share Their Story 18 Years Later

June 9, 2014
Caitlin and Emily may seem like your average identical twin sisters. But at one time in their lives, the twins shared something much more significant and they have the visible scars to prove it: Emily and Caitlin were born conjoined. Conjoined twins are an extreme rarity, only occurring once in e...

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Tristen: Back in the Saddle

February 5, 2013
Laura and James were unloading hay from a lowboy trailer near their barn when the horses trotted up and began to nibble at the bales. Standing on the trailer, their five-year-old daughter Tristen, a rodeo rider, began waving her arms to shoo them away. Spooked by the motion, the horses turned to ...

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Ripp’s story: Family credits Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital’s affiliated trauma team and TIRR Memorial Hermann for son’s recovery from a traumatic brain injury following a tractor accident.

Rebecca’s Story: Care in Katy through the Comprehensive Congenital Colorectal Program

Isaac’s story: The Comprehensive Congenital Colorectal Program helped give our son the ability to live a socially confident life

Carter’s Story: Multidisciplinary Team Treats Newborn with Rare Congenital Tumor

Andrew’s Story: Team Approach Cures Rare Lung Defect

Camden’s Story: Surgical Correction for Pectus

Aryah’s CDH Story: The First FETO Intervention Patient of The Fetal Center

Off His Chest: Dylan’s Pectus Story

Filling the Gaps: Gavin’s CDH Story

Noah's Story: Acute Appendicitis

Ishaan Pavuluri Makes A Comeback

Grace’s Story: Overcoming CDH

Baby Luke's Battle With CDH

Conjoined Twins Share Their Story 18 Years Later

Tristen: Back in the Saddle

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