Patient Stories

At Nationwide Children's Hospital, we realize that emotional support is every bit as important as medical treatment. That’s why we want you to meet some of our patients, who, like you, are dealing with the daily challenges of a blood or cancer condition.

Isabel

At just four years old, Isabel Coupland has been through surgery, chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant to treat an aggressive form of cancer. To learn more about Isabel's story or cancer treatment advances, click the links below.
Learn more about pediatric cancer research at Children's Hospital

Kimmi

Kimmi was born with sickle cell disease, an extremely painful blood disorder. The answer was a bone marrow transplant, a procedure typically associated with cancer treatment. The procedure was more than a treatment, it was a cure.
Learn more about our Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Logan

Logan has cancer and recently underwent a bone marrow transplant at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is one of more than 1,000 children currently receiving cancer treatment at Nationwide Children's, Ohio’s largest pediatric cancer program and one of the largest in the nation. Logan’s prognosis is excellent. With his transplant and extensive rounds of chemotherapy behind him, he’s now recovering at the Ronald McDonald House on the Children’s campus.
Learn more about Our BMT Program

Savanna

Survival rates for children like Savanna significantly increase when they receive care from a comprehensive childhood cancer center like the one at Nationwide Children’s Hospital where clinical trials are the basis of an international, cutting-edge research program.
Learn more about Discovering New and Improved Treatments for Cancer

Mark

I am a 7th grader at Seneca East Jr. High in Republic, Ohio. I was treated for Wilms Tumor. For my English assignment I had to choose a place to write to. I picked you since you helped me so much during my treatment and making me now 5 years cancer free.

Some of the things that stick out most in my memories of the hospital are the nurses and doctors. They always went out of their way to be nice to me and make sure that I was comfortable. During my stay for surgeries, chemotherapy treatments, nose bleeds, and other reasons, the nurses always made sure I had my Game Boy or Nintendo, since most of them called me the Nintendo King. I especially remember how most of the clinic nurses knew me by my name, and which some still remember today. Only a few nurses knew me by name, and since it’s been 5 years since my last stay, I don’t think they would know me today. Children’s Hospital must be an awesome place to work for since most of the staff that was there when I first walked into the hospital in January 1999, is still there when I recently went back for my check-up in December 2005. I am truly grateful that there is the same staff because they all know my case and there are only a few that are new so my parents don’t have to explain everything that happened to me.

On my recent visit, I noticed that there are changes being made to the hospital. I am very glad to see that happening because that means more people can be treated there.  Children’s Hospital is a wonderful place to be treated at. You make kids feel at home with all the playrooms, all the toys, the game systems, books and other familiar surroundings. I am truly grateful that my family doctor sent me there for treatment. I want to say a big Thank-You to everyone that fought for me to stay alive and beat the cancer. Thanks to you I am on 5 years of being cancer free!