AMAZING
is having your tummy rebuilt.
If Jake’s pose looks a little acrobatic, chalk it up to being a normal six-year-old boy.
But two years before, a dangerous strain of E. coli stopped his kidneys from
working and nearly destroyed his digestive system. A team of pediatric
specialists at NewYork-Presbyterian put Jake back together over four months.
Jake doesn’t remember most of it, but the superhero comic book created for him
by his care team captures the story, with Super Jake in the starring role.
See Jake’s story
at nyp.org/kids