Risky Surgery Could Let Child With Dwarfism Speak for the First Time | Childrens Hospital, Episode 4

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For people from all backgrounds, hospitals can be a scary and stressful experience. But for some young children, hospital is part of their daily routine…
The UK’s Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital has 1000 medics that treat an estimated 200,000 patients a year. The hospital’s 24 hour children’s A&E Department sees around 3,000 patients each month, from newborn to 16 years old. In this series, we follow the tremendous courage of some of these poor children as they suffer through scary procedures and face even scarier futures.
In episode four:
A life changing opportunity presents itself for three year old Oliver Pulo who suffers from a rare form of dwarfism and has severe breathing problems. Ollie has been breathing through a tracheostomy for most of his life and needs an oxygen tank 24 hours a day; he has never been able to speak. Mum Vicky Rushton has to monitor the tank and change Ollie’s tube every day.
Mike Rothera, Consultant of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery believes that the lower part of Ollie’s windpipe is now strong enough to allow the removal of the tracheostomy, meaning Ollie could breathe unassisted in his life… but he could be wrong.
The RMCH’s dedicated children’s A&E department sees around 120 children a day - today seven year old YaYa has a painful splinter underneath his fingernail, five year old Caitlin has an earring back lodged inside her ear and eight year old Ali has a suspected broken arm for the third time this year.
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[@johnnywalker8326]

Ollie is a little doll. I bet he is talking up a storm now.

[@montialarson]

It's so sweet when the patients and their families become close with the nurses and doctors.

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[@cameldagoatplayz5824]

He’s so cute!

[@vivalaleta]

Is this video truly about the child or an advertisement for the hospital??

[@gingerstoudt6978]

These children were all very good and strong.