From our President, Dawn Ireland: I was extremely honored to be asked to speak at the 2018 Global Genes Summit this week in Irvine, California. “Non- Profit 101: Launch and …
CDHi President Speaks at 2018 Global Genes Summit
Featured Volunteer: Darlene Silverman
Darlene has been a member of CHERUBS since 1998 and has served as an Executive Board Member, Secretary and a member of several committees over the years. She is currently on …
Featured Cherub: Wilder Alcoke
Featured Cherub of the week is Wilder Alcoke. Wilder is the daughter of our Montana State Representative, Mandy Alcoke. Here is Wilder’s journey, written by Mandy: Our daughter Wilder was …
Featured Medical Professional: Ashley Gilles, Dietitian
We want to thank Dietitian, Ashley Gilles, at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN for Bringing Hope Around the World to our members. Written by Emily Taylor, mom to …
5th Annual 2018 Northeast Mustang Meet in Memory of Skylar M. Fonseca
On Sunday, August 12, 2018, the 5th Annual Northeast Mustang Show and All Ford Show took place on Staten Island in memory of Skylar Milagros Fonseca. They raised $3,500 for …
Current Fundraisers: Week of October 1st
Here is a list of the current Facebook fundraisers benefiting CDH International and CHERUBS: Teresa’s Birthday Fundraiser Brandon’s Birthday Fundraiser Andrea’s Birthday Fundraiser Save The Cherubs – A Fundraiser in …
New Product in Online Store: CDH Awareness Ribbon Onesie!
Click HERE to see our newest addition to the CDH Awareness Shop!
Current Fundraisers: Week of September 24th
Here is a list of the current Facebook fundraisers benefiting CDH International and CHERUBS: Teresa’s Birthday Fundraiser Dawna’s Birthday Fundraiser Judi’s Birthday Fundraiser Jessi’s Birthday Fundraiser JoAnne’s Birthday Fundraiser Renae’s …
CDHi Attends 29th Annual ELSO Conference
Last week our president, Dawn Ireland, attended the 29th Annual ELSO conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, and learned all the latest news on ECMO. 50% of our patients require Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation …
RESEARCH: “Effectiveness of Simulator Training Mimicking a Patient’s Specific Situation for Neonatal Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia”
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a disease with varying degrees of severity, from severe cases found prenatally who need fetal surgery to mild cases found after birth who undergo elective …
RESEARCH: “Gastric volvulus through Morgagni hernia and intestinal diverticulosis in an adult patient: a case report”
Morgagni’s hernia (MH) is a rare type of congenital diaphragmatic hernia with limited available literature. Late presentations are infrequent and the ones complicated due to gastric volvulus are even rarer. …
RESEARCH: “Resting energy expenditure in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia without respiratory support at time of neonatal hospital discharge”
Background Infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are at risk for growth failure because of inadequate caloric intake and high catabolic stress. There is limited data on resting energy expenditure …
