A Heartfelt Journey: How One Childhood Surgery Led to a Career in Medicine
The first time Matthew Purlee saw the inside of an operating room, he was a congenital heart patient undergoing a surgical repair to address transposition of…
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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…
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Call Everyone: Bobby's Journey with CHD
Robert “Bobby” Murray, 34, was born in Hollywood, Florida on Jan. 23, 1985 – during a decade in which long-term survival into adulthood for a person with…
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#MadisonStrong
One glance at Madison Rhodes, 14, and no one would ever imagine the struggles she has endured. Madison was born in Central Florida on May 25, 2005 with a…
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Living seizure-free – How epilepsy surgery changed Starr’s life.
At just 19 years old, Starrlynn Gamble has dealt with more dangerous surgeries and life-threatening conditions than many older than her could claim, starting…
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Metamorphosis
This story is a follow-up to “Home is Where the Heart Is” that was published in April 2016 Janan Campbell’s mother, Dawn, describes her 4-year-old son as a…
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Welcoming Grayson to the Gator Nation
With a lineage of orange and blue blood running through their veins, University of Florida alumni Samantha and Ryan Padgett knew that their unborn son would…
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Home is Where the Heart Is
For Dawn and Keith Campbell’s 10 children, home is where the heart is. The Campbell family, whose children — 3 biological and 7 adopted — range in age from one…
