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…
Category: Patient Stories
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…
Meet Iliana, Your Summer Scamper Patient Hero
Preschooler, chatterbox, fetal surgery champion Just 22 weeks into her pregnancy, Helisabed found out that her developing baby had the most serious form of spina…
Team Mia Honors Brave Packard Children’s Patient
“Mia was super-happy, positive, and enthusiastic to try anything,” recalls Elisa, Mia’s mom. Born in Italy, Mia was quick to pick up both Italian and…
Now I Am Safe
Editor’s note: We are so grateful to Alexander for sharing his story with us. Alexander is in the midst of oral immunotherapy treatment for his…
Fundraise Your Way
“Find something that you really enjoy because it makes the process a lot of fun,” says Dean Wu, a local high school student and patient…