Wood Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Patient Stories

Elliana and her mom, Nicole, traveled from Michigan to Philadelphia to have fetal surgery for myelomeningocele, the most serious form of spina bifida.

Identical twins Vale and Shea were diagnosed before birth with twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), and underwent fetoscopic laser ablation at CHOP.

After learning her unborn daughter, Avery, had spina bifida, Katie traveled from Maryland to have prenatal surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Even though home is near Washington, DC, Carter, 6, travels to Philadelphia for ongoing care for the congenital diaphragmatic hernia he was born with.

The Watkins family traveled from Florida to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia so that their unborn baby girl, Scout, could have fetal surgery for spina bifida.

When Jameson was diagnosed with giant omphalocele before birth, the positive attitude of the team at CHOP made his parents feel much better about the journey ahead.

Chad, 11, is smiling again after multiple surgeries and ongoing treatment for CDH and pulmonary hypertension at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Conjoined twins Abby and Erin were born connected at the head. After 10 months and multiple surgeries, the girls were separated.

Twins Hattie and Nora were diagnosed with selective intrauterine growth restriction (sIUGR) before they were born, and monitored at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Life-saving neonatal treatment and an innovative interventional procedure have helped 1-year-old Lilly survive chylothorax.