Born with amniotic band syndrome, Melody is missing some of her fingers and toes. That hasn’t stopped her from embracing her uniqueness and shining in the spotlight.
Diagnosed with hepatoblastoma at 17 months old, Aaroh is thriving thanks to chemotherapy and a liver transplant—and the experts at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles who gave him life.
Olivia needed a new bladder and a transplanted kidney, so her family entrusted Children’s Hospital Los Angeles to pull off the most complex procedures and save her life.
The teenage recipient of rare double-organ transplant will attend Family Advocacy Day in nation’s capital to tell lawmakers about her remarkable health journey at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
After her son was diagnosed with a rare tumor, Melissa searched for help. She found it at CHLA in the office of Dr. Ashley Margol, one of the few experts in an innovative therapy called MEMMAT.
Shortly before Christmas 2021, she became the first patient born with a single ventricle to receive a ventricular assist device at CHLA—and continues to beat the odds.