Texas Children's Fetal Center: Meet Our Patients & Families We've Treated

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Learn more about the patients and families we've treated

Just the thought of a health risk to your unborn child can be devastating. At Texas Children's Fetal Center, our dedicated team of experts supports parents every step of the way, offering knowledge, compassion – and above all – hope.

Read the inspirational stories of our patients and families:

		Fetal Center Family Reunion The 2009 Fetal Center Family Reunion, held October 3rd, reunited former patients of the Texas Children’s Fetal Center with the physicians, surgeons and staff who cared for them - before some of them were even born! Guests enjoyed great food, festive music, face painting and were entertained by a juggler. (more) See pictures from the first Fetal Center Family Reunion in 2007.

		Garrett J. diagnosed before birth, enormous rare chest mass Ellen knows the experts might tell her she is holding her newborn son, Garrett, too long and too often. But then again, the experts have no idea how lucky she feels to be able to hold him at all. (more)

		Roberta and twin boys Bohdon and Yuri diagnosed in second trimester, Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome A pregnant Roberta, her husband Walter and their 8-year-old son were joyously planning for twins when they got the news every expectant family dreads hearing: There’s a life-threatening problem. A perinatologist informed her she had twin-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a disease of the placenta that affects identical twin pregnancies. She was then referred to Texas Children’s Fetal Center. (more)

		Lauren diagnosed before birth, lymphatic malformation or giant neck mass Little Lauren has been extraordinary from the time she was born. Diagnosed with lymphatic malformation — more commonly known as a giant neck mass — even before she was born, Lauren’s birth and subsequent growth is a story of medical innovation carried out by surgeons and their support staff at the Texas Children's Fetal Center. (more)

		Garrett M. diagnosed before birth, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation (CCAM) Young Garrett, about to celebrate his first birthday, overcame life-threatening challenges even before his birth. At 22 weeks into his mother Jan's pregnancy with Garrett, the pair underwent a rare, delicate open-fetal operation at Texas Children's Fetal Center. (more)

		Theresa diagnosed before birth, hernia of the diaphragm Michelle and Tim are trained to look for the absolutes – he is an engineer, she a former math teacher – but when their daughter was diagnosed with a severe congenital diaphragmatic hernia, they were faced with uncertainty. Their perseverance and search for answers on the Internet brought them to the Texas Children's Fetal Center, where their baby had lifesaving surgery soon after birth. (more)