Two organizations are near and dear to Emergency Room (ER) Nurse Practitioner Carrie Litten’s heart: Akron Children’s and GiGi’s Playhouse. She recently brought those organizations together by coordinating a hands-on learning experience. Carrie’s event was the first teddy bear clinic for school-aged kids with Down syndrome at GiGi’s Playhouse in Cleveland. GiGi’s Playhouse is a […]
From prenatal heart diagnosis to graduation
It’s a special time for 18-year-old Ian Cadwallader. He recently graduated from Cuyahoga Falls High School and will start college in the fall at The Ohio State University Mansfield Campus. While he’s focused on the future, he’s also taking time to look back on his life. That includes care he’s received from before birth at […]
Sam smiles and sings, despite Marfan syndrome challenges
Sam Jimenez was born prematurely at 32 weeks’ gestation, weighing 6 pounds and 12 ounces. He grew significantly, and at age 6, his pediatrician referred him to an orthopedic specialist for bone problems often connected to Marfan syndrome. The genetic disorder affects the body’s connective tissue, which holds cells, tissues and organs together – and […]
Grateful dad gives back to Akron Children’s by becoming an employee
Bill Louth was so thankful to Akron Children’s for curing his son’s heart condition that he wanted to give back. He did that by joining the Akron Children’s Information Services Division as a server engineer. The heart issues begin At age 7, Isaiah Louth’s heart started racing. Nothing specific trigged the episodes, and heart […]
Wyatt’s journey through three open-heart surgeries
Wyatt Miller of Newcomerstown was a rambunctious toddler. There were no signs of a serious, congenital heart defect that would change his life forever. At a checkup when he was 20 months old, Wyatt’s doctor detected a heart murmur. A week later, Wyatt returned to the doctor’s office because of an ear infection, and a […]
Tennessee teen travels to Akron Children’s for specialized heart procedure
Sandra Mullins – a 15-year-old from Antioch, Tennessee – had fainting spells for a year and a half. She was heading toward a pacemaker – until that fateful day her mom found a cardioneuroablation (CNA) video online featuring Dr. John Clark, pediatric cardiologist and director of the Akron Children’s Pediatric Arrythmia Center. Sandra’s parents, Jessica […]
