Cool! Andy & Sofia’s picture is on Children’s Hospital Boston home page. And it says, Patient Andy Treviño is winning his six-year battle with a primary immune defficiency thanks to his sister, Sofia, and the doctors at Children’s Hospital Boston. Check out a still picture of the website here. And visit the website here (don’t…
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Children’s Hospital – Season of Hope – Tree Lighting
Last Thursday December 1st. Sofia & Andy received an invitation to the Season of Hope Tree Lighting event at Children’s Hospital Boston. Thank you Children’s Hospital Boston! There was a huge christmas tree in the lobby. The event was scheduled for 4:00 pm, we arrived there around 3:30 pm. It’s the first time that Andy…
Bacteria breathing – Faster way to identify bacteria
Instead of growth they measure activity to identify bacteria faster. The University of Waterloo claims to know how to speed up the process to identify and determine the most efective antibiotics to use for a bacterial infection. Instead of waiting 24 to 48 hours for something to grow they measure cellular activity. They record their…
New York Times examines debate over PGD
The New York Times on Tuesday examined the debate over PGD. “According to a 2004 survey by the Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University, about two-thirds of the respondents approved of the use of P.G.D. to prevent a fatal childhood disease and for tissue matching to save a sibling, said Kathy Hudson,…
Royal Danish prince’s stem cells saved
Seems that the Danish Monarchy believes in umbilical cord stem cell banking. Monarchy website, A Prince is born Royal Danish prince’s stem cells saved November 27, 2005 STEM cells from the umbilical cord of Australian-born Princess Mary’s baby son have been preserved in a Denmark hospital, possibly as insurance for the child’s future health. The…
Too often we are scared
There’s a picture hanging on the wall on one of the hallways, just infront of the nurse’s station of 7 West, Children’s Hospital Boston thay says: Too often we are scared Scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let our fears stand…
Happy Thanksgiving Day!
Thanksgiving day in the United States is a day where families gather, offer thanks, eat turkey and watch a football game. Also known as: Turkey Day T-Day Spanish – Día de Acción de Gracias Its nice to spend Thanksgiving outside of the hospital. Today we visited Roberta & Mark Whalen house and we had a…
We’re in 7 West..
We’re in 7 West.. Andy woke up with a headache Sunday morning, he had a fever of 40 C.. I brought him to see a doctor around 11:00 AM after talking to fellow on call. He had fever again in the afternoon of 39 C. We received a call at 11:30 PM that the blood…