A Machine, a Baby Girl and a 289-Day Miracle
“Nobody else would have done what Dr. Peek did for my daughter.”…
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A heart from the Harts
How siblings Aubree and Londyn Harts both got the life-saving care they needed at the UF Health Congenital Heart Center.
Astrid’s journey ‘beyond the science’
How Astrid Weller beat a deadly congenital heart condition at the UF Health Congenital Heart Center…
Heather’s Lifelong Battle
Heather Lowery’s parents were told that she would likely not live to be 3 months old. At 36, Heather has proved them wrong and has set an example for adults living with congenital heart disease.
The Brantleys and the story of BrAvery
With wide eyes and a cooing smile, Avery looked up as his mom and dad took turns reading from a Curious George book. Each page made the presence of Avery’s monitors and endless tubes slip further from the Brantleys’ minds. In these moments, they found stillness despite their world…
UF Health Congenital Heart Center expertise aids both mother, daughter
In May 2001, Morgan Humphreys turned blue. Until that point, her mother said, Morgan’s birth had been uneventful. After the care team took her newborn to the nursery, Shannon Cockrell waited in her North Carolina hospital room to meet her daughter.
From Tragedy to Hope: The Story of Moe Ricks’ Optimism in the Face of Tragedy
In July 2019, UF Health staff wheeled Maurice (Moe) Ricks into surgery to prep him to receive a new heart and kidney, which were in transport on a plane to Gainesville, Florida. Fate would intervene as the transport team comes face-to-face with a potential life-or-death situation. In an unlikely…
The art of pediatric patient care
Anthony Macchio was already familiar with UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital. After his second daughter, Isabel, was born with a heart defect in February 2019, he and his wife, Amy Hecht Macchio, became accustomed to traveling to Gainesville from Tallahassee for expert pediatric cardiology care. But three months after…
