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Tymia speaking with Rep. Trey Gowdy in DC
One of our patients, 11-year-old Tymia McCullough, traveled to Washington this summer to talk with political leaders, as they debated the Better Care Reconciliation Act to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Tymia lives in Georgetown but receives treatment for sickle cell anemia, a genetic blood disorder that causes crippling pain, at the MUSC Children’s Hospital. Now that she’s had some time to reflect, we wanted to hear about her remarkable trip...Continue
Posted on Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:11 PM in patient story
Rhett Bausmith has had doctors poking and probing his skull since his birth May 1, 2015, when he was born with a misshapen head...Continue
Posted on Mon Apr 17, 2017 3:53 PM in 3-d model, patient story, rhett
Claire and Aaron Bowman paged a nurse to help them swaddle their newborn son and attempt to get some sleep. But as the nurse held Blake, she noticed something off in his color and his breathing...Continue
Posted on Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:54 AM in heart, patient story
MUSC team uses 3-D skull to treat baby with birth defect
Hopefully all he will have of this one day is a cool scar...and maybe a 3-D model skull
Crystal and Timothy Bausmith knew something was wrong when a neurologist came to consult with them after their son’s birth. Rhett’s head was misshapen, because he had craniosynostosis, a birth defect in which the bones in a baby’s skull join together too early...Continue
Posted on Thu Oct 20, 2016 10:02 AM in 3-d model, patient story, rhett
Don and Kelly Loyd's 8-year-old daughters Gracie and Annie are thriving today, but the family went through a very scary time when the girls were born dangerously early...Continue