Meet Our Patients
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Megan Acaccia San Jose native Megan Acaccia regularly missed school due to medical and social issues caused by her morbid obesity. After her lifesaving weight-loss surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, she is full of excitement about her high school graduation. |
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Ava Menefee Five-year-old Ava Menefee was suffering stroke-like episodes due to faulty blood flow to her brain. After treatments elsewhere proved unsuccessful, Packard Children's Hospital surgeons proposed a bold plan, and the unconventional approach worked. |
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Angelica and Angelina Sabuco Angelica and Angelina Sabuco were born conjoined at the chest and abdomen. The two-year-olds were separated in a 10-hour surgery and are now separate little girls. |
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Kayla Shoopman Kayla underwent bariatric surgery to treat her severe obesity and related complications. |
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Daniel Pham Packard Children's general surgeons used a surgical robot to perform a Kasai procedure - a reconstruction of the connection between Daniel's liver and small intestine. |