With in weeks of opening her medical clinic, Dr. Kathleen Holland had seven infants who

stopped breathing and had seizures severe enough to require emergency resuscitation in

her office.

Considerably more than what most pediatricians see in an entire year.

When one of the children died, local health officials demanded answers.

Curveill Texas is a quiet little community just an hour is dry from San Antonio.

Although Curveill is primarily a retirement community, Dr. Kathleen Holland saw a business

opportunity.

She opened what was only the second pediatric clinic in Curveill.

Reed and Patty McClellan were excited by the prospect of a female pediatrician coming

to town.

A lot of mothers do want to take their kids, particularly if it's a girl, to a female

doctor.

And this is a young doctor, progressive doctor.

Somebody that seemed to kind of breathe a little bit of fresh air into the medical community

there and had training in the latest techniques.

The McClellan's daughter, Chelsea, was one of Dr. Holland's first patients when she opened

her practice in 1982.

Chelsea was 15 months old.

Chelsea arrived on the very first day of practice.

Mom called reporting that she was breathing funny and had done so again previously two

months ago.

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