Sometimes a serendipitous meeting can change the course of someone’s life. And this was the case for Kayden, a two-year-old boy in Llano County near Austin. Last summer, Lauretta, a...
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Roxana wants the best for her family. As a single mom, she works hard, has heaps of ambition, and strives to be a good role model for her three kids. She...
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Eight-year-old Adam and his family immigrated to the United States from the United Arab Emirates a few years ago. They were excited to experience a new culture, language, foods and...
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Forty years ago, Any Baby Can began as CEDEN (Center for Development, Education and Nutrition) Child and Family Resource Center. Our inaugural direction was boldly led by Dr. Emily Vargas-Baron,...
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Gerardo was born with multiple health conditions, including hydrocephalus, or fluid in his brain. His parents were sent home from the NICU with hospice, doctors saying, “There’s not much we...
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Three-year-old Simon is magic. He recites books by heart and takes daily runs through the trails near his house. He can shoot baskets in a kiddie basketball hoop… while sitting...
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When Eric was 3 years old, he contracted bacterial meningitis, a life-threatening disease with a mortality rate of 34 percent and with 50 percent of patients experiencing long-term effects after...
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Christina is originally from Chicago. After her first visit to Austin, she was committed to move to the area, but in 2012, she got pregnant. “When I found out I...
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Nathaniel was born in 2004. At a regular 20-week check-up and ultrasound, Andrea, Nathaniel’s mom, knew something was off. Nathaniel was her third child and she could tell that things...
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Sometimes life’s events play out in unexpected ways. On July 4, 2012, Camrin was born prematurely at 28 weeks, weighing less than two pounds. He was in the neonatal intensive...
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