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Saint Luke’s Babies Defy the Odds After Rare Genetic Condition
When Aria Larson started working in the operating room at Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City, she saw excellence all around her. If she needed care, she thought, this was where she would go.
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Former NICU Patient Finds New Path as Radiology Student
Cali Horton, a 21-year-old student from Blue Springs, was a survivor from day one.
Her mother, Heather Horton, was pregnant with twins and diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome—uneven blood flow between twins sharing a placenta. Both twins, Cali and her sister Kara, were born prematurely and spent three weeks in Saint Luke’s neonatal intensive care unit.
As a result, Cali suffered from a rare vascular malformation of the brain, which required radiation treatment at age 2. Over time, the treatment fully cured her malformation.
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FOX 4: Pay It Forward: The Glue That Helps Hold the NICU Together
On top of helping the unit run smoothly, Easton Thomas uses her downtime and own money to handmake Halloween costumes for babies staying in the NICU.
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Media Coverage: Saint Luke’s Celebrates NICU Family Resilience at Annual Reunion
Nearly 100 former Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies, along with their parents and siblings, returned to Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City to celebrate success and resilience at the annual NICU reunion.
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Health News You Can Use: Heart Valve Disease
Dr. Adnan Chhatriwalla, interventional cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, talks about symptoms of heart valve disease, treatment, and keys to long-term heart health.
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KSHB: NICU Babies at Saint Luke's Hospital Get a Visit from Santa
Even though their baby's first Christmas may not look like they expected, Saint Luke's wants to bring some normalcy and make sure it is still extra special with a little help from the March of Dimes, a volunteer photographer, and one very special VIP.
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KMBC: Santa Brings Joy to the NICU at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City
KMBC talks with a family from Arizona who delivered at Saint Luke's prematurely, Santa, and the nurse manager about what these special moments mean.
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KSHB: Family Thanks Saint Luke's NICU for Lifesaving Care of the Premature Baby
Rafael and his mom, Cecilia, came back to the NICU to show thanks for what the doctors and nurses did to help save his life after being born at just 22 weeks old.
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KMBC: Saint Luke's NICU Babies Celebrate Halloween
Some of Kansas City’s tiniest babies celebrated their first Halloween a little early being dressed up, thanks to the March of Dimes and Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City.
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KSHB: Saint Luke's Hospital NICU Celebrates Halloween Early; Family Hopes to Bring Newborn Home by Halloween
KSHB talked to one family about what the special holiday celebration means to them.