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A week after coming down with a bad cold, Zia collapsed. She was rushed to BayCare's St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, where doctors determined her sinus infection had progressed into a brain infection.

It’s been said that children should be seen and not heard. But Michael Fuino would strongly disagree. Having suffered profound hearing loss since he was a child, the 34-year-old attorney (who is able to practice law by reading lips) had never heard the voices of his two boys. But on December 21, 2017, his cochlear implant was activated at BayCare’s Morton Plant Hospital: a tiny, complex medical device that provides the sense of sound by bypassing the damaged inner ear and stimulating the auditory nerve directly. And when he heard the word “Daddy” for the very first time, Michael felt more like a daddy than ever before.

Cameron Collier was born in China with an extremely rare heart condition. He flew to Tampa, where 3 pediatric cardiac surgeons at BayCare's St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital spent 12 hours successfully rebuilding his heart.

Following a near-fatal car accident, aspiring actor Luke Bernard was missing a large piece of bone from his skull. But neurosurgeons at BayCare’s Morton Plant Hospital were able to rebuild his skull by performing a cranioplasty. Luke’s recovery inspired him to write a screenplay based on the experience, which ultimately became the movie "The Favorite." Proving that an artist can find inspiration anywhere. Even an operating room. Learn more about BayCare’s expert neurosurgeons and neurologists at BayCareNeuro.org.

The odds on Bryce Alderson's horse were 7-1. The odds Bryce would survive after being trampled and suffering a traumatic brain injury, were a million to one. But he did survive, thanks to neurosurgeons at BayCare's St. Joseph's Hospital who successfully removed a portion of his skull to relieve pressure on his brain. And Bryce can't help but wonder, what were the odds he'd be taken to a special breed of hospital? In Tampa Bay, more people choose BayCare for neurology and neurosurgery services than any other health care system. To learn more, visit BayCareNeuro.org.

There are few medical emergencies more time-sensitive than a stroke. Which is why BayCare has ten hospitals designated as certified primary stroke centers spread throughout the greater Tampa Bay Area. So no matter where you live in the four counties we serve, you're never far from a BayCare primary stroke center. For more information, or to find the stroke center nearest you, visit BayCareStroke.org.

Howard Grosswirth arrived at BayCare’s St. Joseph’s Hospital-North in the middle of the night. He was quickly diagnosed with an aortic dissection and taken by helicopter to BayCare’s St. Joseph’s Hospital, where he underwent a complex eight-hour surgery to repair his heart.