GalleryKatlin Watts: Overcoming Sickle Cell Disease
Katlin is the first Levine Children's patient to be cured of sickle cell disease, thanks to a once-novel stem cell procedure.
GalleryPriscilla Receives Integrative Limb-Sparing Treatment
In the summer of 2019, Priscilla Windsor was swimming with her two sons when she felt pain with each stroke of her right arm. Then Priscilla, 47, started struggling with basic tasks around the house, like lifting a jug of milk into the refrigerator or grabbing the laundry detergent off the shelf. She was referred […]
GalleryHope for Mikey: A Kidney “Krusader”
A patient of Atrium Health Levine Children’s since birth, Mikey Howard has grown up with his nephrology care team. Diagnosed in-utero with a complex and rare kidney anomaly, Mikey’s chance for long-term survival was slim. His parents, Jennifer and Mike Howard, turned to Levine Children’s for his kidney care, where he’s received best-in-class treatments for […]
GalleryHeide Regains Her Strength with Cardiac Rehabilitation
In December of 2019, Heide Groomes was diagnosed with an ascending aortic aneurysm and referred to Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute for further care. Heide and her medical care team agreed to closely monitor the aneurysm, which remained stable for more than a year.
Everything changed when, in the early hours of May 27, […]
GallerySarah Receives a Second Chance with a New Heart
Sarah was born with double outlet right ventricle, but has never let her congenital heart defect slow her down.