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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.

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.

Bodybuilder Theron Moodie and his wife were expecting the birth of their first child. What they didn’t expect was Theron being rushed to BayCare’s St. Joseph’s Hospital-South with a septic infection. Caused by an abscess in his intestines, the infection was life-threatening. In fact, when he went into complete organ failure, he had only a 15% chance of survival. Treated while in a medically induced coma, Theron’s Rotoprone® bed was flipped every few hours to relieve pressure on his struggling lungs, heart, and kidneys. Thirteen days later, 7 pound 1 ounce Giovanni Scott Moodie made his world debut at BayCare’s St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital. And against all odds, both his parents were there to see it.

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.

At the annual prom at BayCare's St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, Cianna doesn’t feel like a patient. She feels like a normal 17-year-old girl.