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Meet Hanner Hall Lake City, Arkansas
While getting ready for church one Sunday, Hanner acted sluggish and tired. That night, he began wheezing while trying to sleep. Concerned, Felicia and Terry, Hanner’s father, took him to a children’s clinic. At the clinic, Hanner received two breathing treatments and was sent to the local hospital. As his oxygen levels continued to drop and his breathing got worse, doctors decided to send Hanner to ACH in Little Rock. Once the Angel One helicopter landed at ACH, Hanner had to endure hours of tests, as the medical staff raced to determine the cause of his illness. Over the next few days, Hanner had four chest tubes placed in his right lung and as many as 15 pumps going at one time. When his parents saw him for the first time, it broke their hearts. “When we walked in and saw our baby there, we were devastated,” says Felicia. “When we last saw him, he was awake. At ACH, he was sedated, on a ventilator, with tubes and pumps going everywhere.” Terry and Felicia were told Hanner had staph pneumonia, which is a viral lung infection. They were also told that Hanner’s right lung was completely compromised. Hanner’s stay in the hospital was difficult for Felicia and Terry. “We were more than two hours away from home and our other child, and it was so hard on our family,” she says. “The worst part was feeling so helpless, with your child laying there in the hospital.” Hanner was eventually moved out of the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), where he had spent 28 days, and into a regular hospital room. After leaving the PICU, Hanner began physical and speech therapy because he had not walked or talked for an entire month. While at ACH, Hanner enjoyed the T.A.I.L.S. animal therapy program, which allows specially trained dogs to visit hospital patients. Hanner is now a bundle of energy who loves playing soccer and t-ball. Even though he no longer visits ACH, he does take breathing treatments twice a day in the winter and speech therapy three times a week. Felicia is very happy with the care her son received. “We are so fortunate to have such a wonderful hospital in Arkansas,” she says. “Without ACH, we would not have Hanner with us.” 
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Hanner has always been a very active and energetic boy. In 2003, when Hanner was just 2 years old, his mom, Felicia, noticed him acting less energetic than usual. 