Jodie Vasquez (pictured), from Carlisle, has a connective tissue disorder which means she suffers constant pain and needs a wheelchair as her joints dislocate easily. She has not eaten since 2009.
Teenager, 18, is fed through her heart via a drip after being diagnosed with life-threatening tissue disorder
Jodie Vasquez (pictured), from Carlisle, has a connective tissue disorder which means she suffers constant pain and needs a wheelchair as her joints dislocate easily. She has not eaten since 2009.
Upper Nazareth youth named Pa. ambassador in Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh program
Luke Maeding, 11, who will be entering fifth grade at Nazareth Area Intermediate School, in August 2010 received the transplant at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
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Colwood transplant patient Evanne Fisher, 7, is all heart
As seven-year-old Evanne Fisher was wheeled into the operating room for her second heart transplant three weeks ago, she was smiling and high-fiving those around her.
Toledo Nurses Suspended After Donor Kidney Is Thrown Into Trash During Transplant Surgery
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