Pablo Alvarez … A Courageous Young PVT Survivor Tells His Story
One of the first messages I read this morning was from a young man named Pablo Alvarez who courageously relayed his story on a Facebook […]
A Missing Portal Vein?
Prompted by a comment I received a few weeks ago from a great-grandmother in North Carolina concerning her 2 1/2 year old great-granddaughter, I want […]
Good News … A Clean Bill of Health for Janet!
Tonight I want to share a good news story from a comment posted on my blog earlier this evening. The story comes from Janet who […]
Update on Sonya … 7 Months Post Op
Almost 1 year ago I brought you the story of Sonya Danilenko, a little girl from Zaporozhye, Ukraine who was dangerously ill with portal hypertension and […]
Jakob Temple … 1 Year After a Rex Shunt
It’s been just over a year since Jakob Temple had Rex Shunt surgery in Chicago at Children’s Memorial Hospital under the expertise of Dr.Superina. I […]
Sugiura Procedure … A Last Resort for Variceal Bleeding
Since first learning about the Sugiura Procedure for oesophageal bleeding, I have wanted to write something about it but had difficulty actually deciphering the material from medical terminology into […]
Little Sonya (2 Month Post Op Update)
As per Tatyana I want to update all of you who have been following the story of little Sonya. It is hard to believe that […]
Follow Up Help for Sonya *Post OP* 2 Weeks
September 8, 2011 For those of you following the story of little Sonya and her Rex Shunt operation in Chicago last week, her Mom sent […]
Sonya *POST OP* One Week Later
September 5, 2011 As of noon yesterday (Sept. 4th) I received a message from Tatyana stating that Sonya continues to improve! Tatyana said she was […]
Sonya *Post Op* 6 days later
September 4, 2011 When I first saw this latest picture of Sonya which Tatyana sent me early yesterday morning, I could not help but be […]
Blood Thinners: Stacking Rivaroxaban Against Warfarin
Rivaroxaban (Xarelto) has recently been approved by the FDA and Health Canada for the treatment of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and according to what I have […]