Gastroparesis: Arlene's Story
Arlene couldn’t eat. CHOP doctors unraveled her complex medical history to find a solution that worked for her.
The Martha Escoll Lubeck Feeding and Swallowing Center brings together an interdisciplinary team of specialists to offer a comprehensive approach to treating feeding and swallowing problems.
Arlene couldn’t eat. CHOP doctors unraveled her complex medical history to find a solution that worked for her.
Twins, Shane and Nicholas, used to resist eating new foods. Now 3, they’re eating a variety of foods thanks to the Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Center.
Noah, 4, used to have serious problems with chewing and swallowing solid food. Now he’s eating a balanced diet and is on track to be feeding himself.
The Martha Escoll Lubeck Feeding and Swallowing Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has helped Gracie overcome her fear of eating solid foods.
When Anna was 18 weeks pregnant, she discovered one of twins she was carrying had omphalocele, a rare, potentially life-threatening birth defect.
Katharina Lucas, Aaron's mother, describes how the Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Center at CHOP helped teach her young son to eat after a diagnosis of failure to thrive.
A sensory processing disorder made eating a challenge for Toby. The Day Hospital Feeding Program at CHOP taught him how to like new foods.
After a diagnosis of GE reflux and failure to thrive, a mother tells how the Day Hospital at CHOP's Feeding and Swallowing Center helped her son Jack learn to eat.
The Feeding Program at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia taught Luke to eat after a diagnosis of failure to thrive.
A mother tells the story of her daughter, Arianna, whose food anxiety and selectivity made mealtimes stressful and upsetting. The family turned to CHOP's Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Center for help.