Childrens Hospital Foundation, Foundation, Heart, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Norton Childrens Outreach

Western Kentucky babies get state-of-the-art technology for detecting fetal heart anomalies

Doctors have a new way to detect heart and other conditions in Western Kentucky babies even before they’re born. Norton Children’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine, on the campus of Med Center Health, Bowling Green, Kentucky, recently installed state-of-the-art diagnostic and ultrasound equipment. The equipment is designed to identify complex anomalies in unborn babies through early detection so…

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Heart, Norton Childrens Outreach, Patient Stories, Pulmonary Atresia, Tetralogy of Fallot, Transport Team

A Bowling Green girl is ready for kindergarten after complex heart care

Kara Ainsley is a registered nurse at a rehabilitation facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She can tell when things are going smoothly and when they aren’t. After a relatively uneventful pregnancy, she labored the morning of May 31, 2015, at the local hospital. If there was anything unusual about her labor it was the duration…

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Norton Childrens Hospital, Norton Childrens Outreach, Patient Stories, Pulmonology

Norton Children’s cystic fibrosis patient to take on Washington, D.C.

Luke Klausing is participating at 2018 Speak Now for Kids Family Advocacy Day June 26 and 27 in Washington, D.C. During the event, Luke will talk about his experience with cystic fibrosis and the importance of children’s health care with members of Congress. Here’s his story. Hi, my name is Luke. I’m 11 years old….

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