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>> OUR DAUGHTER, BONNIE, IS THE TYPE OF KID,
SHE'S VERY OUTGOING.
>> SHE IS ACADEMIC HONORS, AND THEN SHE ENDED UP HAVING
GRAVES' DISEASE.
>> BRIDGETTE WAS IN EIGHTH GRADE,
AND WE WENT TO GET HER SPORTS PHYSICAL FOR SOCCER.
BRIDGET RONCA: THEY NOTICED, LIKE, THIS LUMP SO SHE SAID,
"OH, LET'S JUST GET THIS CHECKED OUT."
AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THYROID CANCER.
>> WHEN A FAMILY COMES TO THE THYROID CENTER
AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA,
THEY COME FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND VARIOUS DIAGNOSES.
IT CAN BE SOMETHING LIKE HYPOTHYROIDISM.
>> AN UNDERACTIVE THYROID GLAND, SO IT'S NOT CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING APPROPRIATE THYROID HORMONE.
>> IT COULD BE GRAVES' DISEASE OR HYPERTHYROIDISM.
>> AN OVERACTING THYROID GLAND.
>> TO SOMETHING THAT INVOLVED NO SYMPTOMS.
SOMETHING LIKE A THYROID NODULE.
>> THE EXPERTISE THAT'S AVAILABLE HERE IN THE
PEDIATRIC THYROID CENTER HERE AT CHOP IS MULTIPLE,
MULTIPLE LAYERS WHICH I THINK LEAD TO SPECIAL
CARE AND SPECIAL RESULTS.
>> WE ALL WORK VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE GIVE THE BEST CARE THAT THE PATIENT REALLY REQUIRES.
>> BECAUSE FROM THE WORD GO, ONCE THE DIAGNOSIS IS MADE,
OR ONCE THE REFERRAL IS MADE,
WE CAN SORT OF ENVELOP THAT FAMILY AND THAT CHILD.
>> THE DISCIPLINES INCLUDE SURGERY.
AND THE SURGEONS WILL ACTUALLY REMOVE THE TISSUE.
>> WE HAVE ENDOCRINOLOGISTS WHO ARE WORLD FAMOUS
IN WHAT THEY DO IN TERMS OF THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS.
COUPLED WITH THAT WE HAVE A GOOD COLLABORATION BETWEEN
ENDOCRINE AND ONCOLOGY.
>> EVERY SINGLE OPERATION IS DONE WITH A PEDIATRIC
ANESTHESIOLOGIST.
>> RADIOLOGY IS CRITICAL IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF THYROID LESIONS.
>> AND THE PATHOLOGY AS WELL.
>> THE TEAM WAS ALL REALLY HELPFUL IN EXPLAINING IT,
LIKE, GETTING US THROUGH IT, BECAUSE WE NEVER EXPERIENCED
ANY OF THIS BEFORE.
BONNIE PIERSON: I WAS REALLY SCARED AT FIRST,
BUT THEN WHEN I MET DR. ADZICK,
AND HE WENT, SAT ME DOWN AND TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING,
I FELT MORE COMFORTABLE.
>> BONNIE'S DOING GREAT.
HER OUTLOOK IS FANTASTIC.
IT'S THE OPTIMISM THAT WE ALWAYS SAW HER TO HAVE
BEFORE SHE GOT BOGGED DOWN.
>> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET
THROUGH THIS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT THYROID CENTER
SUPPORTING US.
>> THEY GAVE ME MY LIFE BACK.
THEY CHANGED MY LIFE.