Avery was born with an infection at 24 weeks gestation in 2019. He actually ended up with four different infections, hernias, and chronic lung disease. In the end we had...
Edith Molstad, a young girl from Sweden, was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy. Diet and medications weren't enough to treat her seizures until she flew to the Utah...
Karen Watson struggled with essential tremor for years. But her tremor grew significantly worse after she underwent chemotherapy for her breast cancer. Desperate to find an effective long-term solution, she...
Kristen Knight was watching television when she tried to pick up the remote control on the side of her bed. Her left arm wouldn't move no matter how hard she...
Doni Jones, an English teacher, first noticed a slight tremor in her hands while grading papers or writing on the board in her classroom. Years later, her tremor worsened and...
Steve Tait had five grown ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵren from a previous marriage. However, when he remarried, he and his wife began discussing the possibility of having a ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ together. There was just...
Competitive speed skater, Blair Cruikshank, experienced persistent, worsening hip pain that began to interfere with her athletic training. The Hip Preservation Program at ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ of Utah ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ was able to...
In her big, blended family of nine, Maylee Lemon is an optimist who loves to keep everyone laughing. When she and her husband got married, he had four ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵren, she...
As a same-sex couple, Nicholas and his husband Michael always knew there would be hurdles to starting their own family. They considered adoption or becoming foster parents, but neither seemed...
When she was growing up on a small Idaho farm, Diana McGuire always dreamed of breaking away to attend college. She excelled academically — graduating as valedictorian of her high...
After meeting in high school and marrying a few years later, Aimee and Clark Kleinman were ready to start their family. Conceiving their first ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ was a little more challenging...
Avid skier, Keane Horner, was hitting the slopes in Wyoming when he hit a bump that shot excruciating pain up his leg to his back. A few days later, he...
Ken Martin, an avid bike rider, knew something was wrong with his heart after he blacked out on a bike ride. He was referred to the U of U ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ...
Seventeen-year-old Cannon Cooper fell nearly 60 feet into a cave while on a youth outing. He suffered a severe traumatic brain injury from the accident. His recovery looked grim until...
Mark Kroeze suddenly started experiencing strange stroke-like symptoms. He went to a rural Utah hospital where providers consulted with a stroke neurologist via U of U ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ's Telestroke Program.
It's happening in the bedrooms of millions of men in the U.S., but it's not something they really want to talk about. The inability to get or maintain an erection...
Jenny Rhoads Larkin was hit by a car during one of her daily runs. She suffered many injuries, including a severe traumatic brain injury. At U of U ÑÇÖÞ×ÔοÊÓƵ, a...
Greg Denning has never really liked going to the doctor, and for most of his life he's been an active person who was able to avoid significant medical care. That...
When River Jude August arrived for surgery, they faced yet another challenge in their long journey to align their body with who they know they are. River, who identifies as...
Amanda Rush woke up one morning with an annoying twitch in one eye. Except this twitch didn't seem to go away. As time went on, the twitch turned into one...
For years, Dan Owens suffered excruciating back pain, barely managing to make his way between the bed, a nearby bathroom, and a chair only feet away. After many different diagnoses...
When Brenda Anderson woke up one morning in July 2018, she couldn't hear well in one ear. It felt like she needed to pop her ear after getting off an...
Meghan Shaw was no stranger to the otolaryngologist's (ear, nose, and throat doctor) office. For as long as she could remember, she suffered from frequent sinus infections. She got surgery...
In 2017, Ray Groth, a competitive cross-country skier, was diagnosed with amyloidosis, a very serious but rare heart condition that has no cure. Back then, there was no way to...