“I wanted to do something for the kids to make them feel happy and excited,” says 8-year-old Peyton Fisher. Peyton is a former patient at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, and now, a...
"In your deepest, darkest moment you chose to spare another family from that. And to give another kid you never knew a chance at life." That moment when 5-year-old Hana, a heart patient at our...
You Helped Make Us One of the Nation's Best Children's Hospitals
We are pleased to announce that for the 15th consecutive year, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford has been ranked as a top pediatric hospital in the nation according to U.S. News & World...
Alabama family rallies the community to raise funds for life-saving research. Do you hear that? That’s the sound of thousands of people cheering on Kruz and Paizlee Davenport all the way from Alabama...
VIDEO: Dialysis Patient Receives the Surprise of His Life
What would you do if you won a guitar signed by Ed Sheeran? Recently, Mix 106 hosted a toy drive for our patients. To thank donors, they gave away a very special guitar, and our own Colin James, RN...
Tyler loves playing with Legos, cheering on the San Jose Sharks, and taking any opportunity to celebrate. And these days, the 7-year-old has a lot to celebrate. In January, Tyler proudly became a big...
Patricia Jimenez didn’t want to object too loudly, because if she did, she feared her landlord would evict her family from their apartment on the border of East Palo Alto. She wrote him several...
Nine-year-old Blaine Baxter was so nervous, he was pale and sweating. The dreaded routine was starting yet again—nurses, doctors, anesthesiologists, and fellows would gather around his hospital bed...
A Gift Honoring a Special Milestone for Cancer Patients
In September, members of the Team G Childhood Cancer Foundation joined us at the Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases to dedicate a special gift—a shiny, brass bell for young patients...
“Little Wishes, Little Wishes is here for you,” sang music therapist Rebekah Martin, MT-BC, as she strummed her guitar and gently pushed open the patient room door. Child life specialists waving...