https://www.pectus.com/ https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/567-basketball-player-leads-team-after-pectus-excavatum-correction https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/567-basketball-player-leads-team-after-pectus-excavatum-correction There’s adversity, and then there’s a four-hour-long operation with a side order of preparing to move away from the only place you’ve ever lived. Meet Bryce... ]]> Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:07:57 +0000 567 2018-01-29 https://photos.pectus.com/original/ed/d4/6f/5a6cda76176e5image-15-1517256490.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/361-high-school-basketball-player-signs-with-college-after-nuss-surgery https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/361-high-school-basketball-player-signs-with-college-after-nuss-surgery The son of Mitch and Angie Hohlbein was having success — not only at the freshman and JV level his first two seasons — but in the summer with... ]]> Fri, 08 May 2015 20:56:17 +0000 361 2015-05-08 https://photos.pectus.com/original/a7/36/bc/AR-305089977-44-1431118598.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/590-olympic-champion-cody-miller-may-start-youtube-channel-about-his-pectus-excavatum https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/590-olympic-champion-cody-miller-may-start-youtube-channel-about-his-pectus-excavatum While he is taking a brief break from posting vlogs each Wednesday, due to rehab for his knees, he shared that in the next few weeks, he will be... ]]> Fri, 17 Aug 2018 12:44:12 +0000 590 2018-08-17 https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/342-wheeling-park-swimmer-mueller-overcoming-odds https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/342-wheeling-park-swimmer-mueller-overcoming-odds Mueller has what's known as pectus excavatum, or the ribs and sternum are growing abnormally inward. This produces a caved-in or sunken appearance of the chest. It can either... ]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 00:25:53 +0000 342 2015-02-26 https://photos.pectus.com/original/4b/85/fe/6837227-G-11-1424910378.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/386-from-patient-to-mentee https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/386-from-patient-to-mentee After undergoing surgery to have two steel bars inserted into her chest during the summer between her sophomore and junior year, Rebecca Uhl agreed with two rules from her... ]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:10:09 +0000 386 2015-11-03 https://photos.pectus.com/original/c0/63/0b/Uhl-Lifestyle-113-Courtesy-01-40-1446552624.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/348-munster-s-wilson-beckman-the-post-tribune-s-boys-swimmer-of-the-year https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/348-munster-s-wilson-beckman-the-post-tribune-s-boys-swimmer-of-the-year Bouncing back from trying circumstances is nothing new for Beckman. In eighth grade, he underwent surgery for pectus excavatum, a condition in which a person's breastbone is sunken into... ]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 08:22:39 +0000 348 2015-03-25 https://photos.pectus.com/original/c0/64/0c/wilson-beckman-jpg-20150324-51-1427271806.jpeg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/418-hinsdale-central-s-nick-midlash-sets-personal-milestones-after-surgery https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/418-hinsdale-central-s-nick-midlash-sets-personal-milestones-after-surgery Over winter break in December 2014, months before his sophomore track season, Hinsdale Central's Nick Midlash had surgery on his rib cage because of pectus excavatum, a condition in... ]]> Fri, 08 Apr 2016 16:34:00 +0000 418 2016-04-08 https://photos.pectus.com/original/5d/6e/05/runner-13-1460133375.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/373-teen-with-pectus-excavatum-honored-with-rotary-club-award https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/373-teen-with-pectus-excavatum-honored-with-rotary-club-award Although she could have shied away from the topic, she has chosen to share her story publicly, often blogging about her condition online. In an effort to help other... ]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:37:38 +0000 373 2015-08-04 https://photos.pectus.com/original/9b/d9/a1/img-4803-t728x492-46-1438691887.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/354-beauty-queen-who-had-pectus-excavatum-gives-back https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/354-beauty-queen-who-had-pectus-excavatum-gives-back Sarah Manuel, the reigning Miss Paradise Kauai 2015, knows what children go through when they need to have surgery. “When I was 5 years old, I... ]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:07:01 +0000 354 2015-04-22 https://photos.pectus.com/original/a0/12/c6/55374fa63a645image-70-1429708051.jpg https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/343-district-champ-vester-shows-metal-for-swimming https://www.pectus.com/pectus-news/343-district-champ-vester-shows-metal-for-swimming Not every swimmer at the state meet in Canton has had a metal bar in his or her chest. Indian Hill High School senior Sam Vester,... ]]> Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:51:27 +0000 343 2015-02-28 https://photos.pectus.com/original/b2/49/eb/B9316349406Z1-20150228152450-000-G7VA3B6R01-0-16-1425167510.jpg