Meet Armaneigh: Living Life with a Grateful Heart
Armaneigh was born a beautiful, healthy baby on November 6, 2021. “By 6 months old, she was pulling herself up to stand, was crawling, and…
Category: Patient Stories
Earning a Badge of Honor: How This NICU Mom Gives Back
Elizabeth Weil’s first visit to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford was filled with tears. “I didn’t even know…
You Make Weston Smile
Eleven-month-old Weston is a happy, chubby, sweet baby. His older brother, Ryker, and older sister, Harley, adore him, and he smiles easily at new friends….
Packard Children’s Cancer Researchers Receive Grants to Accelerate Their Work
Hyundai Hope On Wheels came to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford last week to award two physician-scientists with grants to fuel their research into new…
From Patient to Researcher: Dillon’s Journey
Twenty-year-old Dillon Nishigaya of San Jose grew up surrounded by doctors and medicine. Born with a vascular anomaly on his chest and back, Dillon was…
From Loss Comes Hope
New immunotherapy shows promise for patients with deadly brain tumor. When Jace Ward came to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in September 2020 to join…
Preschooler Spreads Joy After Fetal Surgery for Spina Bifida
When Yair Blumenfeld, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, receives a text message with a photo or video of Iliana, age 4, laughing, walking, and enjoying…
Humans of Packard Children’s (Summer 2023)
At age 2, Marlee-Jo was diagnosed with a rare form of childhood cancer called rhabdomyosarcoma. She had a tumor in her thigh, and the cancer…
Meet Marlee-Jo, Cancer Warrior Princess
“Little nugget” and cancer warrior princess On any given Sunday, you can find Marlee-Jo, age 5, and her family going round and round the lazy…
Meet Anthony, Your Summer Scamper Patient Hero
Mountain biker, food allergy champion Introducing solid foods to babies can be messy and exciting, but for Anthony’s family, it turned out to be terrifying…
