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  • Harriet HarrietHarriet lost her smile after being knocked over by a car in Hockley, Essex in 2004. Find out about her experience at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
  • dominic-head.jpg DominicDominic was born with foetal alcohol syndrome and weighed only eight pounds at eight months old.
  • Simeon SimeonAfter an operation to remove a brain tumour, Simeon caught an infection and had to be admitted to intensive care.
  • Jack JackJack was born with a cyst on his brain which caused uncontrollable seizures and weakened the left side of his body.
  • Lucy LucyAfter being diagnosed with Myelodysplastic anaemia, Lucy received a bone marrow transplant and spent five months in isolation. Now 13, she is doing well and has become a keen fundraiser.
  • Lucy Burke LucyLucy was born with a craniofacial condition which seriously affected her breathing. But after years of surgery and speech therapy she is back at home.
  • Holly HollyHolly underwent pioneering surgery at GOSH after a brain scan showed she had moya-moya syndrome - a very rare disorder that caused her to have multiple mini-strokes.
  • Bethany BethanyBethany was born with Primary Female Epispadias, a condition that made her incontinent.
  • Tahlia TahliaTahlia was born with long segment tracheal stenosis which affects just one in five million children. In 2006, she underwent pioneering surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
  • patints_dylan_220508 DylanDiagnosed with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension, Dylan joined the transplant list to obtain a new heart.
  • Oliver OliverWhen Oliver was only a few weeks old, his parents, Sharon and Hugh, noticed that he was having some unusual ‘turns’, which began to worry them. When he was eight weeks old, they took him to their...