VACC Camp 2018: An Amazing Camp for Special Needs Children in Miami
Those of you who know me, know what VACC Camp means to me. My first experience at the camp was when I documented it back in 2011. Since then, I’ve…
Those of you who know me, know what VACC Camp means to me. My first experience at the camp was when I documented it back in 2011. Since then, I’ve…
Victoria was born in Venezuela and lived her life like any normal kid, up until the age of 10. That’s when she started to feel an overwhelming pain in her…
V.A.C.C. Camp (Ventilation Assisted Children’s Center Camp) is a unique free week-long overnight camp for ventilation assisted children (children needing a tracheostomy ventilator, C-PAP, BiPAP, or oxygen to support breathing)…
Rosanne Wills came to Variety Children’s Hospital (which then became Miami Children’s Hospital and now Nicklaus Children’s Hospital) as a candy-striper back in 1968. Her mother was already a nurse…
At just 17 years old, Tonaly was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that causes long-lasting inflammation and ulcers (sores) in the digestive tract. Tonaly was taken…
Imagine being told your newborn baby wasn’t going to make it through her first week of life. That was the case with baby Luna. After seven days on life support,…
Meet our September Patient of the Month, Izabella. Growing up, Izabella was a very active child; from soccer to baseball, she loved to play outside. One day, her dad noticed…
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and autism are both general terms for a group of complex disorders of brain development. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by difficulties in social…
Here’s the fifth and final in a series of posts that look back on the remarkable week that was at VACC Camp, a free week-long overnight camp for ventilation assisted…
Here’s the fourth in a series of posts that look back on the remarkable week that was at VACC Camp, a free week-long overnight camp for ventilation assisted children hosted…