Neuroscience Center Patient Stories
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CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder: Avery's Story
Avery, 6, has been treated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for seizures since she was a baby. She is one of the first patients to benefit from CHOP’s new multidisciplinary CDKL5 clinic.
Lucy’s Story: Going All In to Cure a Rare Disease
Genetic testing helped Lucy's family identify a potential treatment for her seizures, which enabled her family and the ENGIN team to tackle her rare disease.
Medical Legal Partnership: Caleb’s Story
Caleb depends on electricity to run his ventilator, suction machine and feeding tube. CHOP’s Medical Legal Partnership helped his family keep the utilities on so now Caleb can focus on other things — like preparing for kindergarten.
Complications After Premature Birth: Lincoln's Story
In just two years of life, Lincoln has spent more than 5 months in the hospital overcoming premature birth, brain injury, multiple surgeries and near-death experiences.
Gene Therapy Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Céline’s Story
Céline’s symptoms dramatically improved after she received a new gene therapy treatment for Type 1 spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) at CHOP.
Rare Genetic Muscle Condition: Sadie
After a five-year journey, a new test by the Roberts Individualized Medicine Genetics Center diagnosed Sadie’s rare genetic muscle condition.
Responsive Neurostimulation for Epilepsy: AJ’s Story
AJ’s life was relatively uncomplicated until age 14, when he began to experience unpredictable seizures and received a life-changing diagnosis of epilepsy. Thanks to the combination of a small, battery-powered device surgically implanted into his brain and an oral medication, he is now seizure-free.
Brain Surgery for Epilepsy: Emily's Story
State-of-the-art brain surgery at CHOP reduced Emily’s seizures from 90 per day to zero — it's been life changing for her and her family.
Surgery for Tethered Spinal Cord and Lipomas: Eva’s Story
Eva, 2, had two surgeries at CHOP to remove lipomas from her back and treat a tethered spinal cord. Today, she’s a proud big sister!
Ava’s Story: Brain Surgery to Control Seizures
Ava has been seizure-free for nearly a year thanks to successful hemispherotomy brain surgery and coordinated care at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.