Sloane Atkinson is awaiting a donor heart. Doctors dismissed a newborn’s “grunting” as normal sounds — but six weeks later, the baby was intubated in the PICU, and is now awaiting a heart transplant.
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Doctors brushed off newborn's 'grunting' as 'normal' - now she needs a new heart, parents say
A baby is currently awaiting a heart transplant after doctors in Canada dismissed the newborn's "grunting" sounds as being "normal." Parents Stephanie Mulhall-Atkison, 37, and Justin Atkinson, 33, ...
The mother credits "mama's intuition" for knowing something was wrong with her child Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in ...
In 2022, Duke Health surgeons made history when they successfully performed the world’s first partial heart transplant on a newborn. Doctors thought the groundbreaking, eight-hour surgery – which ...
Stephanie Mulhall-Atkinson says her daughter, Sloane, has been living in the hospital for more than 200 days as she awaits a heart transplant Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work ...
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