At Every Turn: Born without a trachea

See the powerful and inspiring story of Thomas Richards and Tennison Seegers, two young boys forever linked by a rare and previously always fatal birth defect. Thomas and Tennison were born two years and less than 100 miles apart - and neither boy had a trachea. Unable to breathe, before Thomas, no child in the United States had ever survived. But today, Thomas and Tennison are living, breathing, thriving testaments to the power of innovation, determination and hope against all odds. Thanks to the resilience of their families and the unparalleled team of surgeons and care providers at Children's Wisconsin who pioneered new and heroic approaches, babies with this condition will now be born with hope, where as recently as five years ago, there was none. Watch their story and learn how Children’s Wisconsin is committed to doing the best for kids at every turn.
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[@katheryndelgado7231]

Thank you for sharing your story. May God continue to bless your families

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Great story and amazing feat by the team at Children's Wisconsin. Just a minor correction to Dr. Mitchell's comment at 7:16, there's also a survivor at the Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center who is now 4 years old.

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I do apologize in advance but I have seem your name on a case report. I have been wondering about a question for a while now and wanted to ask. We lost our daughter a couple months ago to TA and it was obviously a shock at birth. From time to time I search the internet to see what is new. I did see that about a year ago in the US they have performed the first ever trachea transplant in an adult. I am of course no medical professional but since then I have been wondering, would this be possible for babies born with TA?
I have also wondered how reporting of such cases work, as it’s supposed to be a rare condition, but I have not seen my daughter’s case published ( we agreed to an autopsy), and as rare as it seems I had a friend whose friend’ child died just recently in the same illness. Yet i don’t see any newer reports.
Thank you in advance if you can answer.

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