While celebrating the beginning of summer vacation with friends in June 2024, Levi jumped into an above-ground pool and knew right away something was seriously wrong. He could not move his body from his neck down.
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When Brittany and her husband, Colby, found out they were pregnant with their first baby— a boy they’d name Wyatt—they knew he would change their lives in a profound way.
In February 2025, Bao and Oahn believed their 1.5-year-old son, Johnny was battling a common flu. But when days passed and his symptoms worsened instead of improving, concern quickly turned into urgency.
Taylor, who was pregnant with her first child in the fall of 2025, never expected that a routine ultrasound at 34 weeks pregnant would show issues with her unborn baby’s heart.
Sloane was a healthy, active five-year-old until December 2024, when her world changed in an instant.