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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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Health News You Can Use: Advances in Transplant & Organ Donation

Dr. Matthew Wilkinson, a transplant surgeon at Saint Luke’s talks about the advances in organ donation and the importance of living organ donation.

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Health News You Can Use: Living Organ Donation

More than 100,000 people are on the wait list for a life-saving transplant—and more than 85% of those can be helped by a living donor.

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From Miss Missouri to Miss Stone, Erica Educates Others on Epilepsy

Erica Stone started having seizures when she was just 3 years old. Through her roles as Miss Missouri and teacher, she developed a passion for educating children and adults on epilepsy to help lessen the stigma.

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The Perfect Kidney Transplant Match

Emery Stone was in total kidney failure. And that’s when everything changed. Not only for Emery, but for the entire Stone family.