UC Davis Medical Center has launched a CARE Carts program to make patients more comfortable and help them adapt to the hospital environment. A cart on each adult unit has supplies such as journals and games to support patients through creative self-expression, relaxation, and recreation.
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It was obvious one-year-old Piper was sick, but what was wrong? When her parents could not get answers, they turned to UC Davis Children’s Hospital.
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A patient since before he was born, Casey Dyke has lived his best life, thanks to UC Davis Children’s Hospital donors. He’s now the Children’s Miracle Network Champion representing UC Davis for 2021.
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Having a sick or injured child is stressful for the whole family, including brothers and sisters. Enter Sib Sacks, a Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals-funded Child Life program designed to address siblings’ unique needs.
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More than a year ago, 14-year-old Aija Hall and her mother Angela Lasseter received the devastating news that she had focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), a disease in which scar tissue develops on the parts of the kidneys that filter waste from the blood.
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Three years ago, Chloe MacCullough received the life-changing news that her unborn child had spina bifida. She thanks the team at the UC Davis Fetal Care and Treatment Center for the surgery that changed her son’s life.
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Lakisha Carmon returned to UC Davis Medical Center today to present plaques and heartfelt appreciation to her team in Labor and Delivery.
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Ameiah Williams’ 450+ blood sugar levels were a medical emergency.
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Life-threatening condition is no match for Alfredo Moran-Arias and his UC Davis doctors.
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Lydia Alwan’s family wanted to save their daughter’s leg and her life.
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When Mali-born singer-songwriter Awa Sangho and her husband Ernest Moreno found out she was pregnant with triplets, she turned to UC Davis Health.
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Justin Ramirez continues to look forward despite his failing kidney.
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Amanda Brazeal was pregnant for the second time. She expected an easy delivery. She could not have known that her developing baby would have hydrops, a life-threatening condition in which an abnormal amount of fluid builds up in the fetus.
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Before the Fontan procedure, most children born with single ventricles would die before their second birthday. These days, the survival rate of these patients has extended through young adulthood and now patients with prior Fontan procedures are interested in trying to have children. UC Davis Health helped two of these patients this year.
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Early in her pregnancy, Liz Curtis received the life-changing news that her baby had gastroschisis, a birth defect in which the intestines are outside of the body, due to a hole in the abdominal wall.
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UC Davis pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons gave Damian Del Rio a chance at a future.
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When Owen had an MRI appointment at Mercy San Juan Medical Center, his parents got the shocking news that Owen needed to be immediately transported to UC Davis Children’s Hospital via ambulance for monitoring and blood pressure control.
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From Red Bluff to Redding to Sacramento, Harper Bruckenstein held on for dear life.
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To relieve pressure on his brain, Rhoen Papini had to have part of his skull removed.
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Madelyn O'Brien was born with cancer, but she has never that stop her.
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