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Central Florida boy featured in national hospital campaign

Central Florida boy featured in national hospital campaign

LAKE NONA, Fla. — A Lake Nona boy was featured in a national ad campaign from Nemours Children’s Hospital.

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Before he was even born, MJ was diagnosed with a condition called OI ( Osteogenesis Imperfecta), a disease with symptoms such as easily broken bones.

According to a news release, he was the only patient featured in the campaign.

As part of the national ad campaign, Nemours unveiled a podcast truck.

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MJ’s mom, Alexandra Rice, got to go on the truck with his orthopedic specialist, Dr. Alec Stall, to record a podcast episode for ‘The Well Beyond Medicine Podcast.’

The podcast episode will be available soon on this website.

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