Together, Apart: Formerly Conjoined Twins Thriving after Separation Surgery at Packard Children’s (Winter 2012)
Together, Apart
Angelina and Angelica Sabuco, 2 ½, are exploring their neighborhood park in San Jose, picking up fallen leaves and seed pods. They giggle as they toddle in opposite directions while their mother scrambles to keep up. Any passerby would be completely unaware of the amazing transformation these twins have undergone in recent months...
A Lifetime of Smiles for Jax: Compassionate, Family-Centered Care for All (Fall 2012)
A Lifetime of Smiles for Jax
A child’s smile is one of life’s greatest joys. For Kristi and Jon Cannon of Redwood City, parents of 2-year-old Jax, that simple pleasure is something they will always cherish. “Now we know that anything can happen at any moment—even when we’re just home, winding down after a busy afternoon,” explains Kristi. That’s precisely how the accident happened...
Fantastic Four: Quadruplet Girls Get a Healthy Start at Packard (Winter 2011)
Fantastic Four
"When Samantha told me she was pregnant, I said, ‘That’s great,’ and then went to work. Little did we know that they would be quadruplets!” Wayne Wang laughs as he recalls how he and his wife, Samantha Weng, of Redwood Shores, got the shocking news. “Each ultrasound revealed one more baby. We joked that we didn’t want any more ultrasounds after the fourth one.” Samantha and Wayne beat million-to-one odds...
In two short decades, Packard Children’s has cared for thousands of families and developed treatments and cures that have changed the face of pediatric and obstetric medicine. Your gifts to the Children’s Fund have played an invaluable role in enabling Packard to provide the best care possible. Each year, the Children’s Fund sustains Family Support and Outreach programs, ensures Care for All, and supports innovative Pediatric Research. It is your ongoing generosity that makes Packard a special place for children and families...
On September 9, 2008, the world as we knew it changed,” says Allison Rix of Los Gatos. While riding in the car that day, Allison’s daughter, Erica, 6, tossed one end of a jump rope out the window to flutter in the wind. Suddenly, the rope caught in the car’s axle and a loop tightened around Erica’s wrist, severing her left hand...
