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Children’s Story Project
The Children’s Story Project features stories written by patients and families about how Children’s Hospital has impacted their lives.
Featured story: Jovoni’s story
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Q&A with Makayla Ramirez, RN, BSN
Makayla talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Transplant Center.
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When Kidneys Fail, Transplants Succeed
The close partnership between the medical and surgical teams at Children’s gives kids with end-stage kidney disease a bright future.
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Living Donor Kidney Transplant: A Wonderful Gift
A living-donor transplant from her neighbor and former employer, Kim Kirby, enabled Sara Schroeder of Ketchikan, Alaska, to avoid the potentially long wait for a new kidney.
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Q&A with Marian Sinkey, RN, Clinical Transplant Nurse
Marian talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Transplant Center.
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Delicious Life
Enjoying family dinners and lunch with classmates is a new reality for a young patient who received the Pacific Northwest’s first intestinal transplant at Children’s.
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8-Year-Old Portland Boy Gets Rare Intestine Transplant at Children’s Hospital
Alfred “Alfie” Bautista received the first intestinal transplant in the Pacific Northwest at Children’s Hospital. The 8-year-old Portland boy was born with a pseudo-obstruction that impeded the ability of his intestines to function properly.
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Q&A with Simon Horslen, MD
Simon talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Transplant Center.
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Q&A with Michelle Moore, Transplant Specialist
Michelle talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Transplant Center.
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Q&A with Kathy Jo Freeman, Director
Kathy Jo talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Transplant Center.
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Heart Center Performs Several Firsts in One Transplant Surgery
Youngest, smallest patient ever to receive heart transplant in the Pacific Northwest is doing great.
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The Gift of Life
Read the story and watch the video about Madeline Hunt, who received two liver transplants when she was 10 months old.
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The Heart and Soul of the Heart Center
Watch the story about Pam Hopkins, RN and transplant nurse coordinator—one of our transplant nurses who works closely with patients and families.
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Q&A with Frances R. Malone, Transplant Nurse Practitioner
Frances talks about what it’s like to work at Children’s and what’s special about the Transplant team.
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Chronic Liver Failure Leads to Transplant
Watch the story about Kristin, a pharmacy student at the University of Washington, who had a liver transplant.
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