{"id":2519,"date":"2024-09-17T15:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T19:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2024-10-15T13:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T17:07:07","slug":"a-doctors-dedication-how-one-childs-story-spans-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/?p=2519","title":{"rendered":"A doctors dedication How one childs story spans hospitals and hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tammy Mock A tight bond formed by Dr. Sohit Kanotra and Keona Mock in New Orleans has continued at UCLA Health. Keona Mock lights up the room with a warm smile, beaming with excitement as she talks about her first visit to see her doctor in Los Angeles.\u00a0 In addition to enjoying a fun trip to the West Coast, this 8-year-old Southern girl feels right at home visiting\u00a0Dr.Gay porno<\/a> Sohit Kanotra,\u00a0a pediatric otolaryngologist and airway surgeon in the department of head and neck surgery at UCLA Health,\u00a0who has provided her care throughout her life.\u00a0 \u201cWhen he was in New Orleans, we all formed a bond,\u201d said Tammy Mock, Keona\u2019s mother. \u201cBut with him and Keona, it was just from day one. It was a special bond.\u201d\u00a0 Before joining the team at\u00a0UCLA Mattel Children\u2019s Hospital,\u00a0Kanotra led the pediatric airway program at the University of Iowa and, before that, at Children\u2019s Hospital of New Orleans, where he first met Keona as a baby.\u00a0 Although their bond was strong, the circumstances that brought Dr. Kanotra and his young patient together were tragic.\u00a0 \u201cShe had a traumatic brain injury as a baby,\u201d Kanotra said. \u201cShe was put on a ventilator with a breathing tube, which caused severe damage to her windpipe. As a result, she was unable to breathe on her own and needed a tracheostomy. When I saw her, she already had the tracheostomy in place. Her mom wanted the trach removed so she could talk, but she could not speak. Our first step was determining what was happening and why she could not talk.\u201d Before Keona was adopted by Tammy and her husband, she had experienced severe abuse as a newborn. She was a victim of shaken baby syndrome, which resulted in extensive injuries that initially led doctors to believe she would not survive.\u00a0 When the couple heard her story, they knew she was meant to be their daughter, so they quickly made their way to meet their baby girl.\u00a0 \u201cI think I loved her before I got there,\u201d Tammy said.\u00a0 When Tammy and her husband arrived at the hospital to meet their daughter, they were overwhelmed with joy. They were eager to hear her sweet little voice but quickly realized she could not speak.\u00a0 \u201cWe found that her airway above the tracheostomy tube was severely narrowed, and she would not be able to get the trach out unless something was done,\u201d Kanotra said. \u201cWe operated on her when she was 18 months old. It was a complicated surgery, where we took parts of the rib cartilage and expanded the airway so we could make the airway big enough for her to breathe. After surgery, she had a breathing tube and was on a ventilator for 10 days.\u201d Keona\u2019s life changed dramatically.\u00a0 A few days after she was extubated, she was able to speak. Now, she only visits Kanotra for regular follow-up care.\u00a0 \u201cIn the beginning, we couldn\u2019t even hear her cry,\u201d Tammy said. \u201cDr. Kanotra had to do total reconstructive surgery. After that, we heard her voice for the first time. That moment was truly a blessing from God.\u00a0 \u201cIt has been overwhelming, and to be able to hear her was our prayers answered,\u201d she\u00a0 said. \u201cTo know that our hope became a reality. To hear her say \u2018hi\u2019 was indescribable. There are no words for it.\u201d Since her surgery in 2015, Keona has grown into a healthy 8-year-old girl who aspires to become an ear, nose\u00a0and throat doctor\u00a0like Kanotra. She hopes to help other babies going through similar experiences.\u00a0 While Keona\u2019s health improved over the years, Kanotra had the opportunity to expand the pediatric airway program at UCLA Mattel Children\u2019s Hospital. Without hesitation, the Mock family knew they would follow him wherever his career took him. Tammy said continuing Keona\u2019s care with him in Los Angeles was easy because their bond is unshakable. \u201cI believe with all my heart that he is why she is here today. She is doing so amazing,\u201d Tammy said. \u201cI tell everybody he will be world-renowned because his heart is there, and he loves children. To see his passion for wanting to give trach babies more of a life \u2014 he turned our hope into a reality.\u201d\u00a0 Reflecting on her daughter\u2019s journey, Tammy says she feels blessed for the miracle baby who fought so hard for her life and thankful for the doctor who never gave up on her.\u00a0 \u201cShe was severely hurt from (shaken baby syndrome) and broken bones,\u201d Tammy said. \u201cLooking back at where she started and where she is today, I see that it\u2019s only through God and the people he placed in her life that she\u2019s come so far. Without Dr. Kanotra performing this procedure, she would never have been able to go swimming, talk nonstop, or do many other things. She is our true miracle baby.\u201d\u00a0 Get top research & news headlines four days a week. (Check your inbox or spam filter for confirmation.) 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Tammy Mock A tight bond formed by Dr. Sohit Kanotra and Keona Mock in New Orleans has continued at UCLA Health. Keona Mock lights up the room with a warm smile, beaming with excitement as she talks about her first visit to see her doctor in Los Angeles.\u00a0 In addition to enjoying a fun trip […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bez-rubriki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2520,"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2519\/revisions\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/repuestoskendo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}