During 4-year-old Carter’s very first T-ball game, he ran headlong into another child while trying to catch a ball. He appeared fine, except for a large bump on his head, until the next day, when he...

Amanda Sechrest dropped onto her bed, exhausted after a late night of studying for finals at Saint Mary’s College of California. For some reason, on this particular night in May 2012, the first-year...

Aaliyah’s impossibly tiny chest rose and fell as she slept in her NICU isolette. The neonatal intensive care team, moving in perfect unison, untangled tubes and wires, flipped switches, and tapped...

Baby Nataly is home for the holidays after six months in our hospital. Pablo and Damaris Sánchez found out they were having a little girl 20 weeks into their pregnancy. But the exciting news took an...

Victoria from Prunedale, CA, was still in utero when she was diagnosed with spina bifida, a condition where the spine and spinal cord do not form properly. Spina bifida is often called the "snowflake...

Six-year-old Caroline stepped up to the pole festooned with yellow, orange, and pink streamers and grabbed the rope attached to a very special golden bell. As she pulled the cord and the bell clanged...

In 1991, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford opened its doors thanks to a $70 million donation from Lucile Packard, an advocate for the health of children and expectant mothers, and her...

The Makhzoumi family chose Packard Children’s for their son’s care and their philanthropic support. Kate and Mohamad Makhzoumi say they felt a mixture of “shock and awe” when their son, Hassan, was...

Bucky loves dancing, watching “Teletubbies,” and playing with anything with wheels,” his mom, Anna Greunke says. “He’s just so happy all of the time.” But when Bucky was 2 weeks old, Anna knew that...

Hayden, age 7, gives a wry smile as he snuggles against his mom, Sarah, and makes his stuffed dinosaurs perform tumbling tricks on her body. One lands a flip on her head. Another somersaults down her...