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Amazing people with inspiring stories are something we see every day at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. And now, you can meet many of these courageous patients, families and employees right here on our web site. Each story is available as a mediaplayer video. Please select a story below.
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Featured Stories
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Meet Scout, NICU
When Scout arrived just eight days early weighing 6 ½ pounds, her parents were not expecting any complications. After only 4 short hours of life, however, all that changed. Scout needed ventilator support in order to breathe and was rushed to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She was in severe respiratory failure and needed extra corporeal membrane oxygenation. After lifesaving treatment, Scout can look forward to a happy, healthy childhood. |
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Meet Daimear, Primary Care
For many children in our community, Nationwide Children’s Hospital is the only source of medical care. Their families turn to the hospital for everything – immunizations, well-child care, emergency care when a fever spikes in the middle of the night. Six-year-old Damear has relied on Children’s since his first check-up as an infant, and his regular visits to Children’s ensure that he stays healthy. |
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Meet Michaela, Rehab
All was good in Michaela’s life until August 21, 2007. That’s the day she was jolted from an afternoon nap by a massive brain seizure that rendered her left side completely paralyzed. Michaela was rushed to the emergency department at Nationwide Children’s, where she spent the next two months. One week in intensive care, one week in neurology and nearly six weeks in rehabilitation. She continues outpatient occupational and physical therapy today. Her progress has been nothing short of amazing. |
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| Meet Joshua, Emergency Surgery |
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Today, Joshua has no fear. Which is remarkable considering what a frightening beginning he had to his life. The broken leg he suffered during childbirth was the least of his problems. Only 36 hours after his C-section delivery, Joshua’s parents were awakened at 3:30 a.m. with the news that their baby needed emergency surgery. He was rushed to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where a team of surgeons led by Dr. Caniano performed the first of three surgeries to correct the incomplete development of his intestinal tract. Now, what was a life threatening condition is quickly fading into the past. Joshua, however, is going strong.
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| Meet Ny'Aziah, Primary Care |
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For some, Nationwide Children’s Hospital is a place of great hope and promise, where scientific discovery and innovation provide critical answers. But for Ny’Aziah, it is a place where her needs for basic pediatric care are met. Each day, the physicians and nurses at nine Primary Care Centers throughout Columbus provide everything from routine checkups to immunizations. These centers are where thousands of families turn when fevers spike and ear infections surface. This care is not only vital to Ny’Aziah and her two younger siblings, but also to the health of our entire community.
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| Meet Savanna, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
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A year ago, Savanna complained of leg pain. When a bone marrow test revealed she was suffering from Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), she immediately began a rigorous chemotheraphy treatment plan. Today, Savanna is one year into the two-and-a-half-year plan and is doing great. She comes to Nationwide Children’s each week for testing and to check her progress. Savanna takes it all in stride. Just ask her who her favorite princess is and she’ll quickly name them all before running off to play. And her favorite color? It’s a toss up between pink and purple.
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| Meet Joey |
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Balancing school, baseball, basketball and piano lessons, Joey is a typical eight-year old boy who is anything but typical. Born with no right ventricle in his heart, Joey had three open-heart surgeries in the first two years of his life. Then, 18 months ago, a CT scan indicated a narrowing of the pulmonary artery that was hindering development of the arteries in his lungs. So surgeons inserted a stainless steel alloy stent in the pulmonary artery to correct the problem. And let Joe get back to what he does best. Everything.
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| Meet Kayla |
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Four years ago, Kayla was diagnosed with childhood leukemia. Eradicating her cancer was a lengthy and difficult process. Because chemotherapy had to be applied directly to her brain, she had multiple spinal taps and eight bone marrow biopsies over a three-year period. Words simply cannot describe the pain associated with these procedures. But through it all, Kayla remained strong and courageous. Ultimately, she won the battle. Kayla has been cancer-free for three years.
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| Meet Tiffany |
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Born at 27 weeks, Tiffany entered the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children’s Hospital weighing one pound, nine ounces and facing a long list of health issues. Most critical, were her underdeveloped lungs that were no larger than butterfly wings. She underwent four surgeries before leaving the NICU four months after the day she arrived. Tiffany has made remarkable progress. At 17 months old, she now weighs 20 pounds, has endless energy and outstanding prospects for a normal childhood.
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