Missing out on “normal”: Advice from an expert on how to help kids with serious illnesses
When I first met Erica Medina in 2012, she was already practiced at living in two worlds. Then 17, she loved the ordinary teenage realm…
Category: Patient Stories
It Starts with Us Giving Campaign Gallery
Watch and share our videos celebrating the difference you and your donations make every day for our patients and their families.
Champion raises $7k for her 40th birthday
As Jennifer Rowe’s 40th birthday was approaching, she knew she wanted to do something special to celebrate. “I thought about it and decided that the…
Hospital School triples fundraising goal
We did it! Thanks to our amazing community of online donors, we more than TRIPLED our fundraising goal for the Back-to-School fundraiser! Together we raised an…
One mother’s words: Our family’s journey
Zoie Farmer, mother of 10-year-old Hyrum, shared her family’s journey as Hyrum has battled leukemia with the help of our hospital. The following is a…
Hoops for Life raises $29,000 for “Hope”
With an event name like “Hoops for Life,” one might assume that Amy and Shannon Aldridge’s fundraiser is a basketball event, not a 5k walk…
Hyundai Hope on Wheels gives $250,000 toward cancer research
On September 2, Hyundai Hope On Wheels® and Palo Alto-area Hyundai dealers awarded Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford a $250,000 Hyundai Scholar Grant for pediatric…
Right from the Start
Everything about Elizabeth Rodriguez-Garcia’s pregnancy had been perfectly normal. She’d had morning sickness on occasion and felt a little tired some days, but at 25…
Building bridges: The role of interpreter services in our hospital
In a bright room within the neurosciences clinic at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, 24-year-old Kirandeep meets with her neurosurgeon, Michael S. B. Edwards, MD. …
Where are they now? Quadruplets edition
The Wang family is truly one in a million. Born in October 2010, quadruplets Audrey, Emma, Isabelle, and Natalie Wang entered the world with the…