Nevaya Ferguson is a typical 6-year-old who loves her puppy and wants to be a veterinarian when she grows up. But she has endured more than most people will in a lifetime. After being diagnosed with neuroblastoma, Nevaya underwent chemotherapy treatments and two bone marrow transplants. Watch the video and learn more about Nevaya’s treatment [...]
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Events, Food Allergies, Patient Features
Patient’s Worries Melt Away at Food Allergy Camp
For Grace Neill, staying away from peanuts is always top of mind. One bite could turn fatal, so she carries benadryl and an EpiPen® at all times. But one week out of every year Grace gets to feel like a normal 12-year-old. She makes sure to carve time out of her busy schedule for Food Allergy Camp, a place [...]
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Children’s Was Started By a Nurse’s Vision
In celebration of National Nurses Week, we would like to share the story of our founding nurse. These are the words of Nurse May Smith, Dallas Baby Camp Superintendent, in 1913. That was the year the Dallas Baby Camp, which would eventually become Children’s Medical Center, was born. In the spring of 1913, as many [...]
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Cancer and Blood Disorders, Employee Features, Events, Research
Employee to be 500th Shavee at St. Baldrick’s Event
Thomas Stuenzi is a research coordinator in the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, but his passion for helping others led him to be involved in a much bigger way. Tomorrow he will be the 500th person to shave his head in the history of the Trinity Hall St. Baldrick’s Foundation event – just one [...]
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Cancer and Blood Disorders, Events, Giving
Going Bald to Support Childhood Cancer
In two days, 90 people will gather in Dallas and shave their heads. One of those people will be Jaimie Morrison, lead event organizer for Trinity Hall’s 10th Annual St. Baldrick’s Day. The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a childhood cancer charity that funds research and has granted nearly $500,000 in funds to UT Southwestern for [...]
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Teddy Bear Clinic Helps Kids Cope
Child Life specialists at Children’s use a variety of methods to help children cope while they are at the hospital. Teddy Bear clinics are just one of the many ways children are able to feel empowered and in control of their situation. I recently watched children go through a special kind of healing process as they lined [...]
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Guest Chef to be Featured at Allergy-Free Cooking Class
Gina Paterno Villalobos, founder of Gina’s Organic Kitchen, will be our guest chef at the Allergy-Free Cooking Demonstration from 10 to 11 a.m. on Thursday, March 14, at the Ronald McDonald House in Dallas (4707 Bengal St.). I caught up with Gina to find out more about her personal journey to holistic nutrition and how families can eat healthy, allergy-free [...]
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