A New Identity
I was a teenager in the midst of three years of chemotherapy treatment for leukemia when Packard Children’s opened its doors. Up to that point,…
Category: Patient Stories
Governing Board Documents
Administrative Association Mission/Vision/Values Association By-Laws: January 2014 Association Policies and Guidelines 2018 Roster 2018 Calendar Archive All Hands on Board Cents and Sensibility…
Fifteen-year-old Robert runs for music therapy
Fifteen-year-old Robert Miranda is a winner in our eyes. Not because he got 3rd place at the 2015 National Junior Olympics for the 3,000 meter…
CrossFit star faces daughter’s leukemia by using his celebrity status for greater good
Jason Khalipa didn’t think life could get much better. By the time he was 30 years old, he had married his high school sweetheart, started…
A Story of Survival
It all started on April 5, 2011 when we went to see a pediatric cardiologist in Sacramento to get a second opinion. Twenty-three weeks pregnant…
Heroes 4 Kids: Seaside police rally support for our patients
Officers from the City of Seaside Police Department are going above and beyond their pledge of “Honor, Pride and Commitment” to serve children and families…
Auntie’s liver donation saves baby Kanoa
At just 1 month old, baby Kanoa's skin started to look yellowish. "At first I thought maybe he just needed to get more sun," his…
Back on the court after chemo
Peggy Murtha, RN, a nurse in our Packard intermediate care nursery (PICN), didn’t think much of it when her eldest son Nick collided with another…
A grateful mom says thank you: The Bravest 10-year-old I Know
Editor’s note: Emily, our guest author, is an inspiration. For the 2015 Summer Scamper, she and her husband practiced for hours with their son, Ray,…
A Super Bowl Surprise
Thanks to the power of social media, Denver Broncos star Vernon Davis answers a cancer patient's wish Alex Walter, 18, attends the hospital school most…