Illnesses & Diseases

Throughout the years our team has worked with children facing a variety of illnesses and diseases. Our treatment is divided among the following categories:

ILLNESSES WHERE CURATIVE TREATMENT IS POSSIBLE BUT MAY FAIL (30%)

  • Neuroblastoma
  • Colon Cancer
  • Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
  • Aplastic Anemia
  • Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
  • Optic Glioma
  • Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma
  • Wilm’s Tumor
  • Osteosarcoma
  • Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  • Malignant Brainstem Glioma
  • Primitive Neuorectodermal Tumor
  • Erythrophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
  • Epidermolysis Bulosa Simplex
  • Fetus in Fetu (CNS Teratoma)

WIDE ARRAY OF COMPLEX MEDICAL ILLNESSES AND CONDITIONS REQUIRING INTENSIVE, LONG-TERM TREATMENT AIMED AT MAINTAINING QUALITY OF LIFE (40%)

  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy
  • Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
  • Non-Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy
  • Mitochondrial Deficiency Syndromes
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • End stage Renal Disease
  • End stage Liver Disease
  • Pompe Disease
  • Alexander’s Disease
  • Rett Syndrome
  • Inoperable Complex Heart Lesion
  • Menkes Disease
  • Bruton’s Agammaglobulinemia
  • Adrenoleukodystrophy
  • Canavan’s Disease (Leukodystrophy)
  • Pelizeus-Merzbacker Disease (Leukodystrophy)
  • Congenital Surfactant Deficiency and bilateral lung transplant recipient
  • Leigh’s Syndrome
  • San Filippos Syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidoses)
  • Batten’s Disease
  • Alpers Syndrome
  • Dyskeratosis Congenita with Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • OTX2 Chromosomal Mutation
  • Angelman’s Syndrome
  • Cornelia de Lange
  • Wolf Hirshorne Syndrome (7 P duplication, 4 P deletion)
  • Relapsing Polychondritis (with Severe Tracheal Stenosis)
  • Joubert’s Syndrome
  • Severe Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

PROGRESSIVE CONDITION IN WHICH TREATMENT IS PALLIATIVE FROM DIAGNOSIS  (10%)

  • Trisomy 13
  • Trisomy 18
  • Severe Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  • Camptomelic Dysplasia & Pierre Robin Sequence
  • Thanatophoric Dwarfism
  • Potter’s Syndrome (Severe Polyhydramnios, absent kidneys & bladder)
  • Anencephaly
  • Hydrops Fetalis
  • Congenital Cystic Adenomatous Malformation of the Lung
  • Holoprosencephaly
  • Lissencephaly

SEVERE, NONPROGRESSIVE DISABILITY CAUSING EXTREME VULNERABILITY  (20%)

This category has included infants and children with severe neurologic impairment from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, neonatal TORCH infections, and brain deformities such as lissencephaly, holoprosencephaly and agyria.

PERINATAL PALLIATIVE CARE APPROPRIATE PATIENTS

  • Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18
  • Anencephaly and Acrania
  • Potter’s Syndrome
  • Hydrops Fetalis
  • Severe Osteogenesis Imperfecta
  • Camptomelic Dysplasia
  • Thanatophoric Dwarfism
  • Congenital Cystic Adenomatous Malformation of the Lung
  • Holoprosencephaly

Be assured that Noah’s Children’s professional staff of doctors and nurses can help you navigate any medical condition that may arise. Please call us at (804).287.7686 for more information.