Sisters’ Stem Cells Donated In Hopes Of Helping Other Children

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Hayley Mogul, 13, and her 9-year-old sister, Bari, have rare genetic mutations that cant be cured.

But their conditions have improved during a two-month stay at the Childrens Institute in Squirrel Hill.

Their mother, Robyn Mogul, says she and her husband brought them here from their home of Chicago.

Haley could communicate, Robyn says. She could do some things herself, where Bari does not eat on her own. Shes eating baby food; she drinks out of a bottle.

Feeding specialist Natalie Chalmers says Bari is making progress.

She was on baby food only, she recalls. So weve been moving on to pureed table foods, and now were working on her variety.

Originally, the girls parents didnt know a place like this existed.

After Bari turned 5, the two sisters were taken to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., for the first of several visits.

Doctors finally recommended the Childrens Institute of Pittsburgh.

To be able to come here and have this help has just been amazing, their mother says.

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Sisters’ Stem Cells Donated In Hopes Of Helping Other Children