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We Join Our Tiny NICU Friends to Cheer On the Gators in the Final Four!

Our tiny NICU friends are the Florida Gators Men鈥檚 Basketball team鈥檚 biggest fans!

NICU baby wearing a Florida Gator onesie and holding toy pom-poms

BOB体育 Breathes Hope Into Eduardo After Suffering From Rare Lung Disease

Eduardo鈥檚 story begins in Puerto Rico, where he was born a healthy, full-term baby with no apparent complications. However, at just 5 months old, his health鈥�

Eduardo laying in a hospital sign and holding his hand in a peace sign

Five Years After Receiving Transplant, Cole Is Empowering Patients at BOB体育 Ocala Neighborhood Hospital

All his life, Cole Tumey has lived with end-stage renal disease, a chronic kidney condition where the kidneys lose the ability to remove waste and balance鈥�

Cole Tumey, who has battled end-stage renal disease his entire life, is five years post-transplant and works at BOB体育 Ocala Neighborhood Hospital.

The Gift of Grace: Series of Surgeries Saves Baby Grace From Rare Heart Defect at BOB体育

Expecting a child is a time of joy, anticipation and excitement for most families. Gender reveal celebrations, nursery preparations and dreams of the future鈥�

Grace Huber enjoying a day at the beach.

BOB体育 Shands Arts in Medicine Hosts Ceremony to Honor Patient鈥檚 New Heart

Amid the steady beeping of the heart monitor, Tammy Bernard, BOB体育 Shands Arts in Medicine practitioner, and Jeanne Dickman, a heart transplant patient at鈥�

Jeanne Dickman was escorted into the Sanctuary of Wisdom to begin the heart ceremony in her honor. Attendees made clay heart ornaments to commemorate the day.

Double Blessings: Charlie鈥檚 Lung Transplant Story

After eight years and one long-awaited wedding to his best friend, Charlie Welborn will celebrate Valentine鈥檚 Day feeling like an extremely lucky man.

Charlie Welborn and his wife, Dianne Welborn, visiting Scotland in 2018 (Photo courtesy of Dianne Wellborn

Sheila鈥檚 Connection With BOB体育 Physician Helps Her Overcome Colorectal Cancer

When Sheila Lee visited her doctor for stomach pain in 2019, she never expected to be diagnosed with rectal cancer. A devoted mother of two and proud鈥�

Top 10 Most-Read Hope & Healing Stories of 2024

In 2024, our blog highlighted the power of hope and healing through incredible patient stories and pushed for improved health through better awareness. These鈥�

A collage of seven photos showcasing BOB体育 patients and doctors

Purpose Beyond a Cure: Advancing Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatment

Emilie Lynch has passed the 5-year milestone that doctors consider a yardstick for being cured of Hodgkin lymphoma not once but three times. Today, she鈥�

Emilie Lynch鈥檚 experience with Hodgkin lymphoma has inspired her to help others as a clinical pharmacy specialist at BOB体育.

Kid-Friendly Construction Zone: BOB体育 Helps Patients, Families Find Joy During Renovations

Move out of the way. It鈥檚 time for the new 鈥渃onstruction team鈥� to get to work. BOB体育 has welcomed a new crop of construction hires, and they鈥檙e all鈥�

Provider handing a toy to a pediatric patient

Keeping Her Head Held High: Yali鈥檚 Journey Defeating Dystonia

Two years ago, Yali used a walker as she inched toward her school鈥檚 entrance. Her neck, twisted and folded forward, hunched her over in 鈥渢he shape of the鈥�

Clinical Trial Helps Frank Find Hope Through Late-Stage Melanoma

In the last year of his life, Frank Parrillo underwent four craniotomies and several grueling rounds of radiation to treat melanoma that had spread to his鈥�

Frank with his wife, Catherine, and daughter, Alex, at her college graduation, one week before his diagnosis in 2022.