Santa Clarita siblings Violet and Ian Smith were both diagnosed with primary immunodeficiency disease at a young age, requiring both to receive weekly blood plasma infusions. “As a mom, you want to fix it. How can we get you better? What can I do? I can’t put a bandaid on it,” said their mother, Barb Smith. “I felt pretty hopeless ...
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10-Year-Old Santa Clarita Boy Undergoes First Unsedated Trans-Gastric Endoscopy On The West Coast (VIDEO)
When Nathaniel Buff was born, he was diagnosed with several medical conditions, receiving his first endoscopy when he was just three months old. It wasn’t until he was five years old that he was diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). This disease is recognized as a chronic allergic immune condition. A person with EoE will have inflammation of the esophagus, the ...
Read More »Pinetree Elementary Students Quilt Support For Classmate With Cancer
Students at Pinetree Community Elementary School in Canyon Country wanted to support their friend and schoolmate as he prepared for an invasive surgery to treat his life-threatening cancer. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Although only 9 years old, Elijah Greene and his parents are no strangers to hospitals, nor having the ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Family Seeks Rare Brain Disease Diagnosis For Daughter
In 2004, Priscilla and Ammon Kling became first-time parents, excited to welcome their child Kelsey into the world. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Kelsey was a happy baby, always smiling and socializing, until, they said, all of a sudden, at age four, she started experiencing learning difficulties. When it came to ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Residents Answer Call To Support Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Members of the Santa Clarita community responded with an outpour of donations to support Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) when Tiffany Hernandez asked residents to support her efforts to replenish the hospital’s Play-Doh supply. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Over 1,500 containers of the classic modeling clay were delivered to Hernandez’s ...
Read More »Santa Clarita Toddler Fighting Leukemia To Have Fundraiser, Bone Marrow Drive
The Harmon’s were out of town on vacation when they received unexpected news about their toddler. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Two-year-old Tinnley and her family were visiting her grandmother for Thanksgiving in Seattle when she began to have cold-like symptoms. Tinnley had been experiencing a fever for multiple nights, along ...
Read More »Baby Elisabeth Ellis & Family Celebrate End Of Chemo, Homecoming (VIDEO)
Before her second birthday, baby Elisabeth Ellis has endured seven long months in the hospital, six brutal rounds of chemotherapy and two brain surgeries in the fight against a rare cancerous brain tumor. See the full collection of KHTS Feature Stories and Videos on hometownstation.com here. But the inspiring little girl and her family can finally move toward putting the devastating experience behind ...
Read More »End In Sight For Baby Elisabeth Ellis’ 6-Month-Long Battle With Brain Cancer
After six grueling months of fighting for her life against a rare cancerous brain tumor, the end is finally in sight for one-year-old Elisabeth Ellis and her family. See the full collection of KHTS Feature Stories and Videos on hometownstation.com here. The inspiring little girl has shown her strength time and time again as she underwent two brain surgeries and five rounds of ...
Read More »Surgery To Remove Baby Elisabeth Ellis’ Brain Tumor A Success, Three Rounds Of Chemo To Go
After four heart wrenching months of watching their one-year-old daughter fight for her life, Santa Clarita natives Brittany and Cardon Ellis can finally breathe a sigh of relief. See the full collection of KHTS Feature Stories and Videos on hometownstation.com here. On June 1, baby Elisabeth Ellis underwent an 8-hour brain surgery — her second since the February diagnosis — ...
Read More »8-Year-Old Santa Clarita Girl In Need Of Blood Donations
An 8-year-old Santa Clarita girl is fighting for her life Wednesday, leaving her family asking the community for blood donations to help her survive. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Lilly Whitaker, 8, of Santa Clarita, fell sick the other night and was taken to the hospital for treatment. However, Henry Mayo ...
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