Jameson's Journey

Two years prior, Shannon Alcorn went in for a routine ultrasound and found out something was terribly wrong with their baby Jameson. He was diagnosed with pleural effusion, meaning his chest was full of fluid, compromising his heart and lungs. Desperate, the Alcorns sought help at UCSF where a team of innovative fetal treatment experts have been pushing the boundaries of medicine to learn how to heal a body, even before birth.

0:00 Introduction
2:03 Pleural effusions diagnosis: referral to UCSF
2:25 Ultrasound review and diagram
3:54 Prenatal intervention offered: Fetal thoracoamniotic shunt
7:08 Diagram: Fetal thoracoamniotic shunt procedure
7:23 First fetal thoracoamniotic shunt
8:14 Ultrasound detects mom's early kidney cancer
10:34 Shannon's mass: renal cell carcinoma
11:19 UCSF Difference: Entirety of adult and neonatal
12:59 Second fetal thoracoamniotic shunt
14:06 Pleural effusion and hydrops fetalis
15:05 Born not breathing: Neo natal team and process
15:58 Intensive care nursery & prep for surgery
17:06 Surgery after birth
20:11 Mom's Renal cell carcinoma stage one
20:50 Only at UCSF
21:59 Epilogue

UCSF Team
Dr. Hanmin Lee- UCSF Edu Professor https://surgery.ucsf.edu/faculty/pedi...
Director and Surgeon Fetal Treatment Center https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/...
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Dr. Vickie Feldstein https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/...
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Dr. Luke Judge https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/...
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Janice Scudmore, NP https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/...

Procedures
Pleural Effusion https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions...
Hydrops fetalis https://www.ucsfhealth.org/programs/h...
Renal cell carcinoma (Kidney Cancer) https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions...

Services
Prenatal Diagnostic Center https://www.ucsfhealth.org/clinics/pr...
Fetal Treatment Center https://www.ucsfhealth.org/clinics/fe...