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Patient Spotlight

Children's National Patient Spotlight

Children's National Medical Center treats and heals children locally, nationally and globally. The following stories highlight a few of our patients who found hope at Children's National.

Jeroy's visit to the PICU

Jeroy's Stay in the PICU

Five-year old Jeroy started feeling poorly in September, catching a bug from his younger brother, Jarel. Jarel quickly felt better, but Jeroy eventually had a fever of 104 degrees. To complicate..[More]

Mateo and McHale Shaw's story

Mateo and McHale's story

Mateo and McHale were conjoined twins who were successfully separated by a multidisciplinary team from Children’s National in a 19-hour surgery on September 6, 2009. [More]

Dr. John Berger, Maren and Sarah Robinson

Maren's Story
Age: One year old

Maren was immediately taken into surgery after birth. She had a procedure called the Norwood operation, which is the first in a series of three open heart surgeries performed on babies whose left ventricle and aorta are too small to supply blood to the body... [More]

Barak Harris

Barak's Story
Age: 3 years old

Three years ago triplet boys: Austin, Barak, and Christian were born. It took a delicate transport from a community hospital, three surgeries, and a long stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) before Barak was able to go home with his brothers and parents...[More]

Jessica with Dr. Tosi. Condition: spina bifida

Jessica's Story
Age:
10

Jessica has been a patient at Children’s National Medical Center since the day she was born and diagnosed with spina bifida...[More]

 

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VIDEO THUMBNAIL Video: Zuriel received life-saving cardiac surgery

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VIDEO THUMBNAIL Video: Alycia's journey

From the first few days of her life, Alycia's family came to know and appreciate the many specialists...

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VIDEO THUMBNAIL Video: Amanda does not let cancer stop her

Diagnosed with bone cancer as a toddler, Amanda hasn't let cancer...

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AUDIO THUMBNAIL Podcast: Olivia: A new heart gave Olivia her life back

Mix 107.3 Radiothon 2008 – Olivia's mom can still hear the words that changed ...

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AUDIO THUMBNAIL Podcast: Jessica : Spina bifida didn't stop Jessica

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AUDIO THUMBNAIL Podcast: Ian : He spent his first Christmas in the hospital

Mix 107.3 Radiothon 2008 – When a child is only 5 1/2 months old...

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AUDIO THUMBNAIL Podcast: Ryan: Ryan weighed less than two pounds at birth

Mix 107.3 Radiothon 2008 – It was a pregnancy like any other for Ryan's...

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