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Best-Case Scenario

When a brainstem tumor almost took Mycah鈥檚 life, her BOB体育 pediatric neurosurgeon prepared a plan to save her. Just weeks before her eighth birthday in鈥�

Mycah Moody

Living With Gastroparesis

When Melanie Dickens was 10 years old, she fell off a pair of stilts and injured her left leg. The injury triggered complex regional pain syndrome and led to鈥�

sugar cookies painted by Melanie featuring an abstracted heart in pretty pinks and purples. One of the cookies says stay sweet on it.

Bringing Halloween to the Hospital

Everybody knows about the people who treat kids鈥� illnesses, but what about those who keep their spirits up? Some of the patients at BOB体育 Shands Children鈥檚鈥�

three children and an adult sitting at a table decorating pumpkins

Mikah鈥檚 Story

Living a normal life with a rare form of glioblastoma One day in January 2018, Mikah Phillips came home from school with a headache. After it persisted, his鈥�

Mika smiling confidently and looking straight into the camera