"Big Walk for Little Feet" will Benefit Newborns at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Includes Babies in Neonatal Intensive Care and Well Baby Units
(Published 8-5-05) The term taking “baby steps" will, once again, take on new meaning in September as Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital sponsors the fifth annual Big Walk for Little Feet. The three-mile family fun walk raises funds for Jefferson Hospital’s
neonatal intensive care unit for babies born prematurely or with other difficulties as well as the hospital’s labor and delivery
and postpartum units for healthy babies.
Featured in the Media:
Cool Cap Could Freeze Brain Damage In Newborns
(Aired 5/13/05, NBC-10) An amazing new device could solve huge problems for tiny babies who are at risk for brain damage.
Doctors at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital participated in the initial studies of the "cool cap," and the device is currently
helping a baby who was born on Thursday. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is currently the only hospital in the area to
offer the Cool Cap device to newborns. "In the study there as a 60 percent reduction in the number of babies who had a severe
neurological handicap or died as a result of the severe brain injury," said neonatologist Dr. Susan Adeniyi-Jones.
Media Coverage:
http://www.nbc10.com/health/4488020/detail.html
Brain-Injured Newborns in Jefferson University Hospital’s Intensive Care Nursery Benefit from new Cooling Cap
(Published 5-5-05) A device that looks like a clear plastic cap with water channels going through it is being used exclusively
in the Delaware Valley by neonatologists at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, to help reduce brain damage
in infants.
Baby, it’s a miracle!
(Published 9-4-2003, Northeast Times) On May 16, 2002, Bret Crane was born weighing one pound, four ounces and four months premature. Today, thanks to the care
he received in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Bret is a normal, healthy and happy
13-month-old. Read his family’s heartwarming story in the Northeast Times.
Good Medical Care Provides Double the Joy for a Young Family
(Published 9-3-2003) When parents are told they are going to have twins, they often look forward to the laughter, excitement
and joy. Yet despite the best planning, health complications can occur and cause twice the pain, anxiety and sadness.
“Miracle baby” lives to thank Jefferson’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(Published 8-27-2003) When Rhawnhurst resident Jennifer Crane was in her twenty-second week of pregnancy, she went to her
obstetrician for a routine check-up. Jennifer and her husband Daniel were excited as they saw their beautiful healthy child
appear on the ultrasound monitor.
Waiting for Kayla to Cry
(Published 4-11-2002) Little Kayla Grace Person, who weighed one pound 13 ounces when she was born 3 1/2 months early is alive
and getting stronger with each day thanks to the medical expertise, skill and caring in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Courier Post Online
