Patient Stories
Justin Lindemann
I am eighteen years old, and I recently sustained two gunshot wounds. One bullet hit me directly in the heart while the other fragmented and hit my vocal cord, piercing my left lung and hitting my T1 vertebrae. I became paralyzed and my dreams were crushed. But Totally Kids gave me hope again.
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Jacob Zaragoza
Our son Jacob was born with 3p Deletion Syndrome and given no more than two years to live. His infectious smile and positive attitude helped him beat those odds and enabled him to live a full and happy life until he passed away in May 2024 at the age of 12.
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Zoey Barillas
My daughter Zoey was born at 28 weeks/4 days meaning that she was a micro preemie. She spent three months in the NICU and we were informed by her medical team at the hospital that she needed more time to learn how to nipple. They told us that the best place for Zoey was Totally Kids.
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Matthew Cobley
My son Matthew was hit by a car while riding his bicycle in 2022. He was thrown headfirst into a cinder block wall; unfortunately he wasn’t wearing a helmet. Paramedics arrived on scene and Matthew was still breathing, albeit faintly. They rushed to a hospital where he underwent craniotomy surgery to remove the left side of his skull to relieve the pressure on his brain from the multiple subdural hematoma. Five days later surgeons removed the right side of Matthew’s skull because his brain was still swelling.
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