A kindhearted girl from Ballyclare has raised £500 for the Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus after taking part in an ‘ice bucket challenge’ over the festive period.
Scots mum creates Premier Inn hotel room for son with life-threatening illness for lockdown birthday
Louise Pedlar s son Noah has Spina Bifida and is obsessed with Premier Inn hotels after having stayed there before numerous surgeries.
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Noah and Heidi Pedlar (Image: Louise Pedlar)
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Dubai: For Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) bus driver Rafqat Abbasi and his wife Sabina Biwi the start to the New Year couldn’t probably have been any better as their first-born son Abdul Hadi, who is seven months old now, has been cured of Spina Bifida completely. Little Abdul Hadi can now look forward to an absolutely normal life.
Surgeons at Medeor Hospital not only carried out the complex surgery, excising the lesion, but also made sure they were able to release the spinal cord that was tethered abnormally and could have caused involuntary urine and bowel movements. Further explaining the case, Dr Sharath Kumari Maila, neurosurgeon from Medeor Hospital, said: “The baby suffered from Myelomeningocele, a rarest form of Spina Bifida.”
Odessa neighborhood parade honors baby boy with Spina Bifida
The Starkey Ranch community in Odessa first held a New Yearâs Day parade two years ago to show support for 12-year-old Ali Spears who was fighting Leukemia.
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ODESSA, Fla- â Jack Schwartz probably wonât remember much from the day he was grand marshall of a parade.
But his parents say theyâll never forget it.
âWe are really just overwhelmed with the amount of support and the story getting out so quickly and people latching on and wanting to help in any way they can, said Matt Schwartz.
Moms Take on the World for Sick Kids
Inspired by their children s fight for survival, moms take on the world for treatment of devastating birth defect to save other peoples children. Wake Forest, NC, December 31, 2020 (PR.com) CDH International was created 25 years ago on the kitchen table of a 22 year old mom, seeking help for families like hers affected by Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia.
CDH is a birth defect that affects over 52,000 children worldwide every year. During gestation, the diaphragm fails to fully form often allowing abdominal organs to reach the chest cavity and restrict lung growth. There is a 50 percent chance of survival with CDH and the cause is still unknown.