My son was born with the heart condition, TAPVR (Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return).

He had open heart surgery at one day old without me knowing. I was miles away from him but knew he was in good hands, after I found out.

Filed under: Parent or Guardian Story, Share Your Story on March 30th, 2010 | No Comments »

We’re eagerly awaiting the return of our 2nd team of volunteer doctors and nurses, who have been hard at work in Haiti since arriving March 19, 2010. Before returning to Los Angeles as a part of Team #1, Michael Jordan, RN, spoke on the phone with Director of Trauma and the Pediatric Disaster Resources & [...]

Filed under: Doctors, Haiti, Nurses on March 26th, 2010 | No Comments »

DJ Martinez was a patient of CHLA. We lost our little guy 2/28/2006 from complications of Cerebral Palsy.

All staff there at the donor center were AWESOME, from the initial contact, day of blood drive and the follow up call EVERYBODY was so supportive, welcoming and compassionate.

Filed under: Parent or Guardian Story, Share Your Story on March 25th, 2010 | No Comments »

Today, 11 additional volunteers from our hospital departed for Haiti.  Team 1 is returning this Sunday with the exception of Dr. Jim Stein and Michael Jordan, RN (who provided our last report) who will remain at the hospital for an additional two days to help transition care to Team #2. Introduction to Team #2 We [...]

Filed under: Doctors, Haiti, Nurses on March 19th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Michael Jordan, RN Update provided by Michael Jordan, RN, pictured right On March 12, 2010, a team of 10 nurses and doctors departed Los Angeles for Haiti to volunteer much-needed medical assistance.  Below is their first report after being deployed from our hospital in collaboration with Project Medishare. “The initial orientation days were long and tiring, but [...]

Filed under: Doctors, Haiti, Nurses on March 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

We quickly put our trust in him [Dr. Starnes] and his team at Children’s, and we were just so relieved that we had options. It was their expertise, their reputation, and their confidence that gave us hope in every moment of the journey. Evan went in for his first open heart surgery at the age of six weeks, which resulted in a two ventricle heart with holes fixed!

Filed under: Parent or Guardian Story, Share Your Story on March 12th, 2010 | No Comments »

My son, La’Renzo, started having seizures on February 14, 2010. His seizures have been lasting five minutes and after his seizures, he sleeps for an hour or two. He has had a total of ten seizures in three weeks.

His CAT scan was normal. He has an appointment on the 18th with you. I thank God for Children’s Hospital because the doctors there have a good reputation for helping children.

Filed under: Patient Story, Share Your Story on March 11th, 2010 | No Comments »

As a baby, Amanda Lopez was treated for leukemia at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.  Now, at age seventeen, she’s not only a survivor, but an abc7 Cool Kid as a result of her efforts to raise money for the hospital. Amanda, and her friend Angelica Perez, presented a check for the money they raised for leukemia to Dr. [...]

Filed under: Patients & Families on March 11th, 2010 | No Comments »

In March of 2008, he went into his first open heart surgery at the young age of five months. Unfortunately, the first surgery wasn’t successful and in April he under went his 2nd surgery. We were all very hopeful.

He passed on June 6th 2008 at the age of 8 months due to complications. Many of the nurses are my friends today! They were like family to Aidan and myself for the 3 months we were in the hospital.

Filed under: In Memory Of, Parent or Guardian Story, Share Your Story on March 10th, 2010 | No Comments »

In her video interview, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles staff member, Lisa Schiller, talks about how she finds herself uplifted on a daily basis by the courage exhibited by the patients and families she meets.

Filed under: Hospital Staff Story, Share Your Story on March 3rd, 2010 | No Comments »