Peeking inside the expanding Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Ever since I started my job in 2008, I’ve been hearing about the huge expansion of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford that is slated to open in 2017. First…
Category: Patient Stories
Shoreline Bill’s Golf Marathon raises $7K for the Heart Center
Bill Mykytka and his wife, Megan, were home watching TV one night, when they saw a story on Dateline NBC featuring the Bingham family from…
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Opening the Doors to a Brighter Future
You made cancer a distant memory for Lydia. On a sunny morning in June 1991, 6-year-old Lydia Lee rode in an ambulance to the brand…
One of My Proudest Moments
Packard Children’s was initially just a place where our family’s healthy babies were born. That all changed for us 15 years ago when one of…
Kindergarten, Here We Come
Your hospital saved our baby at 13 months of age, successfully removing a tumor which ran bowel to heart. We had kindergarten orientation last night!…
Doris is Breathing Easier Thanks to You
Doris “Lipstick Girl” Diaz never left the house without a shiny coat of pink lip gloss. More than keeping up appearances, it was her way…
There’s No Stopping Him
Jeremiah was born, and my wife called me at work and said, “Honey, there’s something wrong with Jeremiah.” Right then, I turned blue. Jeremiah was…
The Miracle of Life
I never thought this day would come. I got to dance with my son at his wedding. My son, Brian, entered Packard Children’s at 16…
A Second Chance to Say Thank You
Your support provided care for two generations of a local family. Baby Shannon Ivarson needed a hero when she entered the world at Stanford Hospital….