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Common GI Symptoms, Rare Condition: AJ’s Journey from Acid Reflux to Achalasia at Arkansas Children’s

Learn how Arkansas Children's provided expert care for AJ's journey with achalasia, a rare condition that weakens the digestive muscles and nerves.

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Arkansas Children’s ENT Expert Saves Teenage Bull Rider’s Life After Airway Explodes

Read the amazing story of Cayson Hall, who survived a near-fatal bull riding accident thanks to our ENT specialists.

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‘He Needed to Be in Arkansas’: Mobile ECMO Transport to Arkansas Children’s Saves Louisiana Flu Patient

Three-year-old Landon Sawyer from Louisiana faced a life-threatening case of flu requiring life-saving care at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock. His family was thankful for the multispecialty team who provided comprehensive support throughout his recovery.

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A Mother’s Intuition and Pioneering a New Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes in Arkansas

Marie White’s instincts, expertise and willingness to try Tzield through Arkansas Children’s may mean her son can live for years without Type 1 diabetes.

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Arkansas Children’s Patient Wesley Benham First in State to Receive FDA-Approved DMD Gene Therapy

Read Wesley Benham's story. He is a pediatric patient in Arkansas and one of only about 25 children in the United States to receive the FDA-approved gene therapy called Elevidys.

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Together on a Precarious Walk: Sickle Cell Disease

Read the story of 4-year-old Kynnedi Sturges, who is thriving as she lives with sickle cell anemia type SS.

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Nutrition Study Aimed at Improving Children’s Health in the Future Leads to Important Diagnosis

Learn how a routine follow-up visit to ACNC for five-year-old Keegan led researchers to spot a condition that had gone undetected since birth.

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