Multi-organ Abdominal Transplant Gives Preteen a New Future
Stanford Children’s says yes to extremely difficult surgery, finding inventive ways to overcome roadblocks that often make transplant impossible.
Stanford Children’s says yes to extremely difficult surgery, finding inventive ways to overcome roadblocks that often make transplant impossible.
Born without working intestines, Zeke Atchison got a new chance at a full life, thanks to our Pediatric Intestinal Transplant Program, the only multi-abdominal organ transplant center on the West Coast.
It was a dream come true for Jah’Seki as he stepped onto the field at Oracle Park during warmups to meet some of his favorite San Francisco Giants players. The 9-year-old is being honored after he received an intestinal transplant that gave him another chance at life.
Intestinal Transplant Program at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health frees child from a lifetime of intravenous feeding.
Cali was born with gastroschisis, a birth defect where her intestines grew outside her body.