Patient Stories

18-year-old Jenna Rogers is a fitting example of how expert medical intervention at a young age makes all the difference in the world.

If you have a chance to talk to 10-year-old Willa Ambrosius, she will tell you a lot about herself.

5-year-old Caden Buth loves singing, dancing and acting—but like a dinosaur or a robot.

When patients are diagnosed with a chronic illness, they often become experts in their own care management and the details of their disease. Eight-year-old Abby Sapp is no exception.

For the first seven months of her life, Kinsey was a perfectly normal baby. When her arms and legs suddenly began to swell, her parents learned that Kinsey was in kidney failure.

When Evangeline Owens was only 5 days old, she woke up with a low body temperature and in her mother’s arms.

Most sixth graders’ biggest worry is what’s for dinner, or how to convince parents to buy the latest video game. When Jack Murray was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, at 11 years old, he and his family were focused on something much more important.

A hospital stay is not something a family wants to experience—let alone with multiple family members.

Twelve years ago on Cat Chennell's 4th birthday, she was diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension. Doctors told her family that she would probably not live to see her 5th birthday.

A little over three years ago, Harper Jean “Bean” Youmans made her entrance to the world. Six months after her birth, her mother noticed some alarming things.