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Preston donates to children’s hospital that helped save him

On his second birthday, Preston was in a near-fatal ATV crash. After the accident, he was immediately airlifted to Driscoll Children’s Hospital, where doctors discovered he had a traumatic brain injury. Suffering from two bilateral skull fractures, Preston’s brain was swollen and he was paralyzed on the right side of his body. Thankfully, his care team intervened swiftly, providing an initial brain surgery and a second procedure to help him regain mobility. After these successful surgeries, Preston began rehab, undergoing two years of intensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Thanks to the team at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, Preston can now walk, run, and talk and goes to pre-school! To celebrate his remarkable recovery and thank the hospital for providing life-saving care, Preston’s family and friends donated toys to Driscoll Children’s Hospital. With their generosity, more pediatric patients like Preston can experience comfort and joy during their hospital stay.

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Patient becomes doctor at the same hospital that saved her life

At 10 years old, Maria needed a life-saving procedure to fix her heart. She was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a congenital heart defect that causes episodes of rapid heartbeat, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. After spending several months at Riley Children’s Health, she underwent several heart ablation procedures to fix the irregular electric signals in her heart. More than a decade later, Maria is back at Riley, but this time as a doctor. Maria went on to attend medical school at Marian University. Maria’s experience at Riley gave her a second chance at life, and since then, she has been determined to give back, now providing care at the same hospital that cared for her.

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