# @ucsfchildrens on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DIg2AtXRIM1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37670268-ucsfchildrens-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-16T15:53:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** UCSF Benioff Children’s (@ucsfchildrens) — https://gondola.cc/ucsfchildrens

## Caption

Please wish Anouk a happy first birthday! Anouk developed an infection as a newborn, and our doctors diagnosed her with #neutropenia, a condition in which abnormally low white blood cell counts make it difficult to fight infections. 
Anouk’s mother, Elze, is an immunologist at #UCSF and recalls worrying that her daughter wouldn’t survive. The baby went through multiple surgical procedures and rounds of antibiotics during her stays at our #Oakland and #SanFrancisco hospitals. Thankfully, she made a full recovery and celebrated her first birthday last month. The University of California Marching Band (calband) paraded down Anouk’s street in #Berkeley to help her celebrate the big day, as neighbors gathered outside to wave and cheer! Even Anouk’s surgeon, Dr. Chau Tai, joined the festivities!

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## Tags

ucsf, berkeley, neutropenia, sanfrancisco, oakland

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