Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit Patient Stories

When Katerinne’s twins were diagnosed with twin-twin transfusion syndrome, she traveled from the Dominican Republic to Philadelphia for lifesaving fetal and neonatal care.

From in-utero detection of spina bifida to treating heart and airway issues linked to VACTERL, CHOP’s multidisciplinary specialists delivered life-saving care to Zuri.

Experts from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia performed lifesaving fetal open heart surgery to remove a tumor growing on Arley’s heart.

Tim and Shaneka were unprepared to learn that pregnant Shaneka was carrying conjoined twins. Despite a scary initial diagnosis, they found hope of separation at CHOP.

CHOP’s Cardiac Center makes history when Dr. Katsuhide Maeda implants a MASA polymeric pulmonary valve in a patient’s heart to treat congenital heart defects.

Hugh was diagnosed with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) in utero and received care at the Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), which has treated more CDH cases than any hospital in the world.

Stephanos was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect in utero and had three surgeries before he turned 3. Thanks to the Fetal Heart Program at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Stephanos is now a 6-year-old who loves Legos and sports, and swings a mean golf club.

Born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, Thomas had a 50% chance of making it to his first reconstructive heart surgery. CHOP helped him beat those odds.

When their son is born with a complex congenital heart defect, a Lehigh Valley family turns to CHOP for care.

An adapted device and minimally invasive heart surgery give a newborn with heart block the boost he needs.