Maryland’s Health Matters - Upper Chesapeake - Winter 2018 - 10
SPOTLIGHT:
One Children's
Hospital, Countless
Childhood
Dreams Saved
Ben,
Type 1
Diabetes
Amari,
Heart
Transplant
Gabbi,
Cancer
Survivor
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
DELIVERS THE MOST PERSONALIZED AND COMPASSIONATE
CARE FOR CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. LEARN HOW
WE HELPED THREE KIDS HAVE HEALTHIER CHILDHOODS
SO THEY CAN DREAM BIG.
AMARI, 15
Heart Transplant
Amari was born with a rare
heart defect called hypoplastic
left heart syndrome (HLHS).
Only about 960 babies are
born with HLHS in the United
States every year. For unknown
W
reasons, the heart's main pumphen kids get sick,
All of the physicians at UMCH are
ing chamber, the left ventricle,
experts at the University
faculty members at the University of
does not develop completely,
of Maryland Children's
Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).
causing the right ventricle to
Hospital (UMCH) are there to get
They bring the best of university-based
have to take on the extra work-
them back into top form. UMCH is
medicine to the family-centered, kid-
load and pump harder.
located at the University of Maryland
friendly care that children need.
Medical Center (UMMC) in downtown
Here are the stories of three remarkable
By the time Amari was 4,
he had undergone three open-
Baltimore. All patients have access
patients who now have a second chance
heart surgeries to reconstruct
to the expertise of pediatricians
to pursue their dreams, thanks to the
and connect the left and right
in 25 specialties.
outstanding care they received at UMCH.
sides of his heart. These surgeries
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