Two year old Kairo first arrived at La Rabida’s Acute Care Clinic in December after his mother found him nearly unresponsive at daycare. After stabilizing him, Kairo was transferred by EMS for higher-level care for seizures and non-responsiveness. He was intubated, had a ventricular hemorrhage caused by a ruptured AVM with 8mm aneurysm, and eventually became trach-dependent with a g-tube (for feeding) and a shunt to drain fluid from his brain. Kairo was very sick.

After spending a month and a half in the pediatric intensive care unit, Kairo returned to La Rabida for continued medical care and parent education. When he arrived he was still on ventilator support, had very little movement, and could not speak. But, the first thing his dad said when he came here was that when Kairo is discharged, he wants to see him walk out on his own.

And this month, that is exactly what he did. In fact, he only needs one person’s hand to walk down the halls! During his time here, Kairo made tremendous progress with our therapy department and completely weaned off the ventilator. He’ll continue receiving care and therapy services in our outpatient clinics, so we’re happy we’ll still get to see him. But sending him home on his own two feet, among all of his other progress, is really impressive and truly showcases all the work we do here, and the amazing things we can do for our patients.