http://www.wearechildrens.org Celebrating the Successes, Great and Small, of our Patients Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:28:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When L.A. Laker Pau Gasol visited us to observe Isabelle Shattuck’s spine surgery, ESPN.com took the opportunity to compare professional athletes to orthopaedic surgeons. But when we took a second look, we realized 13-year-old Isabelle has a lot more in common with the championship-winning basketball player than it would appear at first glance. The most successful surgery patients and [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=872 Mexican music sensation, Camila played a surprise performance at our hospital on Aug. 9. All three members, Mario Domm, Pablo Hurtado and Samo were eager to meet our patients, some of whom are their biggest fans! See More Pics on Flickr…Click the Picture Below (Left to Right) A patient poses with Samo, Mario Domm and Pablo Hurtado. It was [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=865 On Thursday, August 5th, Season 9 American Idol contestant, Alex Lambert, stopped by our hospital to sing for patients.  See More Pics on Flickr…Click the Picture Below Alex Lambert poses during his visit to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Lambert, a 19-year old Texas native, is currently a castmember of Simon Fuller’s If I Can Dream (www.ificandream.com). View a slideshow [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=856 It’s no secret that our Chief of Surgery, Henri Ford, MD, has been very active as a volunteer during the rebuilding of Haiti after the earthquake in January 2010. Most recently, he shared with ABC7’s David Ono during one of his many visits back to the island nation. This video profiles stories of triumph—a premature baby surviving in [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=838 On Wednesday, July 7th, the Briseno Family returned to Dodger Stadium a month after their 3-year-old daughter, Janelle, sustained injuries from a stray line drive at a game on June 7th. The little girl was rushed to our hospital’s Emergency Department to receive treatment for her fractured skull. Surgical intervention has resulted in a positive prognosis [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=799 Anat Erdreich-Epstein, MD, PhD, accepted a $50,000 check during the Hope on Wheels™ Handprint Ceremony held on July 5th at Dodger Stadium Lot N. Childhood cancer patients were also in attendance. They dipped their hands in fingerpaint and applied colorful handprints to a white Hyundai Santa Fe, adding to the collection of children’s handprints from all [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=807 As part of our hospital’s ongoing effort to provide medical relief to victims of the earthquake in Haiti, 5 nurses from our hospital’s NICCU returned for a week-long stay from May 19th until June 5th. See More Pics of our Nurses in Haiti…Click the Picture Below (L to R) Kolette Sheppard, RN; Nhu Tran, RN; Leslie Hall, [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=775 On his ambulance ride to our hospital, Tucker had to be resuscitated three times. He then spent his 1st week of life at our hospital on a special system, ECMO, a heart-lung bypass system that takes over circulatory and respiratory functions in infants whose systems fail.  Tucker had Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, a rare condition, but one that we regularly [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=636 We’re so happy our patients, doctors and nurses were able to participate in the ThinkCure! Weekend. It’s clear from these pictures just how excited everyone was to be able to participate in this fantastic event held at Dodger Stadium. Be sure to check out our Flickr slideshow to see photos of some of very happy baseball [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=749 On June 6, 2010, our hospital hosted the annual Celebrate Life with Hope events as part of National Cancer Survivors’ Day. The event: Provides patients, caregivers and former patients the chance to reunite with their medical “family” at the Childrens Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. Is the largest event for pediatric cancer [...]]]> http://www.wearechildrens.org/?p=753