Emergency Services/Trauma, Safety
Poison Prevention: Tips to Keep Your Kids Safe
Danger Zone: Nearly 90% of poison exposures occur in the home. Krystle Garrett took every precaution to child-proof her house, even putting locks on her cabinet doors though her 5-year-old son, Chandler, had never tried to open them. Then one day Krystle walked in the house from work and found Chandler in his room finishing [...]
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Emergency Services/Trauma, Experts, Patient Features
Best Friends Rushed to Children’s After Near-Fatal ATV Collision
Evelyn Frazier has an image of her son that will forever be etched in her memory. “He was lying on the ground unconscious with paramedics surrounding him.” Evelyn’s son, Billy Webb, and his best friend, Jeremiah Sanders, spent the weekend like any other – hanging out with friends in their hometown of Greenville, Texas. So when [...]
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Cancer and Blood Disorders, Events, Patient Features
Cancer Patients Experience Stardom for a Day
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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Experts, Patient Features, Services
Fighting food allergies as a family
In 2003, Amy Arneson suspected her 19-month-old son, Ethan, might have food allergies because he constantly threw up after eating. But doctors who saw Ethan told her she was overreacting. “Babies throw up,” they said. Then she fed Ethan eggs one morning, and he had to receive epinephrine in an ambulance to make it to [...]
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Employee Features, Neonatal Medicine, Patient Features
Lifesaving Gift Brings Family Back to Children’s
In honor of Nurses Week, Christy Corey shares her daughter’s journey and attributes her survival with Children’s nurse Kerry Wilder. During delivery, Christy and baby Aarlyn suffered a placenta abruption – they were both hemorrhaging. After being stabilized at the local hospital, Aarlyn was careflighted to Children’s where a Neonatal ICU team waited for her. [...]
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Ways to Help a Child Through Sleep Terrors
What are sleep terrors? What causes them, and what should I do when they occur? — Kelly S. Occasional nightmares are normal after 6 months of age. However, some children have sleep terrors, which are different from nightmares; they are very alarming sleep events they rarely remember. During sleep terrors, children exhibit profound fear [...]
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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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Spring Concert Series Sponsored by Cinemark
Added on 06 June 2013
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Enjoy watching this recap of the 2013 Spring Concert Series. The series featured a performance act each Friday for eight weeks at the Children’s Medical Center Red Balloon Network. Patients, families and staff were encouraged to take a moment to enjoy a concert over lunch. A big thank you to Cinemark for sponsoring this first-time [...]
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