Megan Alpers RaschefskyTuesday, May 23, 2023

Meet Weston, Your Summer Scamper Patient Hero

Baby brother, nap enthusiast, and rare disease ambassador Seven-month-old Weston is a happy, chubby, sweet baby. His older brother Ryker and older sister Harley adore him, and he smiles easily at new...
Megan Alpers-Raschefsky Friday, May 19, 2023

Meet Anthony, Your Summer Scamper Patient Hero

Mountain biker, food allergy champion Introducing solid foods to babies can be messy and exciting, but for Anthony’s family, it turned out to be terrifying as well. An encounter with yogurt led to...
Lynn NicholsFriday, May 19, 2023

Meet Marlee-Jo, You Summer Scamper Patient Hero

“Little nugget” and cancer warrior princess On any given Sunday, you can find Marlee-Jo, age 5, and her family going round and round the lazy river at the waterpark near their home in Santa Maria,...
Lynn NicholsThursday, May 18, 2023

Meet Iliana, Your Summer Scamper Patient Hero

Preschooler, chatterbox, fetal surgery champion Just 22 weeks into her pregnancy, Helisabed found out that her developing baby had the most serious form of spina bifida, called myelomeningocele. With...
Megan Alpers‑RaschefskyTuesday, April 11, 2023

Team Mia Honors Brave Packard Children’s Patient

“Mia was super-happy, positive, and enthusiastic to try anything,” recalls Elisa, Mia’s mom. Born in Italy, Mia was quick to pick up both Italian and English, moving between the two languages...
Alexander RobinsonThursday, March 23, 2023

Now I Am Safe

Editor’s note: We are so grateful to Alexander for sharing his story with us. Alexander is in the midst of oral immunotherapy treatment for his food allergies. Our Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy...
Megan Alpers-Raschefsky Friday, March 17, 2023

You Helped Cece’s Family Keep the Faith

For Liz, Motherʼs Day is forever linked to Lucile Packard Childrenʼs Hospital Stanford. It all started with a springtime family outing in 2014. Liz was celebrating Motherʼs Day with her 3-year-old...
Madison LambertFriday, March 17, 2023

Fundraise Your Way

“Find something that you really enjoy because it makes the process a lot of fun,” says Dean Wu, a local high school student and patient at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at...
Michaela Jarvis Friday, December 16, 2022

Meet Ronan, Cancer Survivor, Surfer, Big Dreamer

It started with what seemed like a few random symptoms: a sore pitching arm, upset stomach, a fever. Rebecca Olson made an appointment for her son Ronan to see his pediatrician. A COVID-19 test was...
Megan Alpers-RaschefskyFriday, December 16, 2022

Humans of Packard Children’s

“By being able to overcome life-threatening food allergies, I learned to persevere through challenges instead of avoiding them.” —JARED CHIN, 16, CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANT When Jared Chin was 4, he...
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