Patient Stories

When Capucine was born she seemed perfect, except for a slight heart murmur. When the murmur was still present several days later, Capucine’s pediatri...

Michael and Meredith excitedly welcomed their first child, a baby boy, at Paoli Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania in January, 2005. However, tiny Luke...

Melissa Pileiro is a former patient of Dr. Freeman Miller at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, and a journalism major at Rowan Universit...

When 15-month-old Aaron developed an ear infection, his mother, noticed a strangely sweet odor about him. A registered nurse, Sheri immediately recogn...

On the day she was born, Courtney failed a hearing test conducted by Nemours. She failed the test again before leaving the hospital. After more tests ...

Two-year-old Icylin Shawn Simpson is a walking miracle, having survived many serious threats to her health. “I had a very difficult pregnancy,” says h...

Jonathan has piercing blue eyes, a mischievous smile, and all the energy you might expect in a young boy. At the age of five, he also had early signs ...

“Mommy, I see two!” These words marked the beginning of a very long journey for Alexis Garas and her family. Not only was the 3-year-old girl seeing d...

A bike ride with his teenage sister on a sunny August day nearly turned to tragedy for 10-year-old Jack Brodrick. His family, who lives in a Maryland ...

Four-year-old Eilish began showing signs that she was not at all well. She was irritable, sleeping more than usual and a little jaundiced. Then she de...

You’d never know it from looking at this sturdy little boy, but Griffin has endured more in his few years than most people do in a lifetime. When he w...

Three-year-old Natalia was not her usual high-spirited self. She seemed lethargic, as if she had a cold or the flu. Her pediatrician felt it was proba...

Eight-year-old Alex is in constant motion. The difference in the length of his legs and wearing a built-up sneaker doesn’t slow him down one bit. His ...

Two-year-old Joey was running around with the family dog when his mother Lynn saw his leg twist under him. Her little boy fell to the floor and scream...

Mackenzie sits tall in the saddle when riding her horse. She competes in horse shows, goes swimming and loves to read. Even though Mackenzie has a for...

Samantha was diagnosed with scoliosis, a condition that causes a person's spine to curve too much, in the sixth grade. Between sixth and ninth grades,...

Tiny Bella Rose came into the world eight weeks early. Almost immediately, her neonatologist suspected a serious problem. Tests revealed that Bella ha...

When Emily was 6 years old, her biggest worries were being the first one to the ball on her soccer team and remembering all the moves on her cheerlead...

Swirling through the house in pink fairy wings - with matching pearls, tulle skirt and purple boa, little Summer is every inch the “Princess” she decl...