Meet Your 2025 Summer Scamper Patient Hero: Taneesh, 18, Milpitas
Editor’s note: Taneesh was honored at the 2025 Summer Scamper as one of our Patient Heroes. Athlete, big brother, trauma surgery survivor In 2023 Taneesh’s…
Category: Patient Stories
Navigating the In-Between: Stories from Stanford’s Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Program
Teens and young adult cancer patients often find themselves stuck between pediatric and adult care—disconnected from their peers and without a place designed to meet…
Meet Your 2025 Summer Scamper Patient Hero: Rubi, 6, Hollister
Editor’s note: Rubi was honored at the 2025 Summer Scamper as one of our Patient Heroes. Tiny police officer-in-training and cancer patient Rubi’s journey has…
Meet Your 2025 Summer Scamper Patient Heroes: Maddie and Leo, Palo Alto
Editor’s note: Maddie and Leo were honored at the 2025 Summer Scamper as two of our Patient Heroes. Mother and baby ambassadors As a child,…
You Helped Jayce ‘Just Keep Swimming’
Doctors and nurses often knocked on baby Jayce’s door in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. But today was special—every…
Meet Your 2025 Summer Scamper Patient Hero: Lauren, 16, Emerald Hills
Editor’s note: Lauren was honored at the 2025 Summer Scamper as one of our Patient Heroes. Athlete, little sister, neurosurgery patient For Lauren, a 16-year-old…
Meet Your 2025 Summer Scamper Patient Hero: Jocelyn, 14, Mountain View
Editor’s note: Jocelyn was honored at the 2025 Summer Scamper as one of our Patient Heroes. Artist, baker, clinical trial champion Jocelyn is a bright,…
Meet Your 2025 Summer Scamper Patient Hero: Mikayla, 7, San Francisco
Editor’s note: Mikayla was honored at the 2025 Summer Scamper as one of our Patient Heroes. Artist, scooter rider, and heart transplant recipient Seven-year-old Mikayla’s…
Meet Mikayla – Artist, Scooter Rider, and Heart Transplant Recipient
“In hindsight, I think we missed a lot of the signs,” says 6-year-old Mikayla’s mom, Stephanie. “But we had four normal years with her.” The…
Meet Arya – Mac ’n’ Cheese Aficionado, Trolls Fan, NICU Grad, and Craniofacial Patient
“Believe it or not, Arya is super social,” explains mom Shubh with a laugh. “I don’t know how, because first she was in the hospital…
