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...
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...
“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,...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
“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...
