Ziv Koren / Heartbeat

Chaya

Chaya Shor, 6, from Modiin Illit, was treated in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Schneider from the age of 1 day until she was 4½ months old.

 
Chaya, 4 months old
Chaya, 6 years old
 
Chaya, 4 months old

Chaya, 4 months old

Chaya, 6 years old

Chaya, 6 years old

 
 

Ziv Koren, an awardwinning docu-photographer, volunteered to document daily hospital routine and special moments taking place within the walls of Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel. Five years later, Ziv Koren returned to the hospital and photograph those same children again in a similar location – and healthy.