Dr. Uday Devaskar rode the near-52 miles home from UCLA to Oxnard in a private ambulance with prematurely born Ione Villanueva in 2001. When they arrived, family and friends were waiting for Ione, who was able to spend time in her crib with her twin sister, Macy, before she died from liver failure in her mother’s arms about an hour later. Read more...
Photo: Stephanie Crisostomo holds her 11-month-old daughter, Willow, in her arms at the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA reunion. Willow was born three months premature and struggled to breathe because of medical problems at birth. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
