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August 21, 2025Football injury leads to discovery of a tumor in boy’s leg
An 8-year-old boy needed treatment for an osteoid osteoma. His family turned to UC Davis Children’s Hospital to get him back in the game.
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June 11, 2025Medical student awarded prominent grant to research urology
UC Davis medical student Arman Fakharian has been awarded the 2025 Daniel T. O’Connor, M.D., Memorial Research Grant to study urology
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June 10, 2025On dialysis for 7 years, local teen gets life-changing kidney transplant
Justin Ramirez was born with just one kidney. Then UC Davis Children’s Hospital gave him a better chance at life.
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May 01, 2025
Naturally conceived quadruplets born at UC Davis Children's Hospital
The Delgado family doubled in size with the birth of identical triplet girls and one lone boy, a rare occurrence in more ways than one.
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December 13, 2024Personal experience propels student to improve mental health for other Californians
A collaborative program among UC nursing schools aims to meet need for psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners.
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April 15, 2024Physician assistant student pinpoints undiagnosed heart issue
A physical exam simulation became a real-life lesson for a UC Davis physician assistant student who trusted his gut and spoke up.
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August 21, 2023
UC Davis program inspires area students for future in nursing
Students at the Summer Health Institute for Nursing Exploration and Success program learned about the nursing profession and how to prepare for a successful future.
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April 10, 2023
Nursing pathway program readies for new students this summer
Summer Health Institute for Nursing Exploration and Success earns more than $10,000 and readies for a new summer class of high school students.
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March 20, 2023
UC Davis Health employee offers free hair care for patients on his days off
On his days off, UC Davis Health’s Aaron Brazier taps into his former profession as a barber to boost the spirits of patients by providing free hair care.
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May 25, 2021Children’s Miracle Network at UC Davis announces local 2021 champion
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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April 12, 2021Sib Sacks program aims to provide support to pediatric patients’ brothers and sisters
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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October 13, 2020Three-year-old patient with spina bifida walks, runs, thanks to fetal surgery (video)
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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September 30, 2020Sleepiness leads to dangerous diabetes diagnosis
Ameiah Williams’ 450+ blood sugar levels were a medical emergency.
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September 29, 2020Congenital heart patient receives continued care from heart nurse through the years
Born with only three functioning heart chambers instead of four, Amanda had health challenges from her very first day of life. But pediatric heart nurse Barb Goebel has helped shepherd her care into adulthood.
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September 24, 2020Pandemic prompts local family to pay it forward
The Martino's honor their son's memory with a donation to UC Davis Children's Hospital Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department.
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September 24, 2020Multiple surgeries at UC Davis Children’s Hospital save preemie’s life
Life-threatening condition is no match for Alfredo Moran-Arias and his UC Davis doctors.
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September 02, 20207-year-old’s cancer diagnosis led her family to seek out UC Davis Children’s Hospital and Lor Randall
Lydia Alwan’s family wanted to save their daughter’s leg and her life.
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August 26, 2020Triple the joy: How UC Davis Health handled a very special delivery
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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August 25, 2020UC Davis Children’s Hospital helps local boy with kidney disease hold onto hope
Justin Ramirez continues to look forward despite his failing kidney.
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August 19, 2020
Children’s Miracle Network awards grants to UC Davis Children’s Hospital for 2020-2022
More than $260,000 in CMN donations will support the work of pediatric clinicians and researchers.
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August 07, 2020Fetal interventions help baby with hydrops
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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July 31, 2020UC Davis Health helps two Fontan patients fulfill their dreams of motherhood
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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July 24, 2020Gastroschisis patient now a happy, healthy 2-year-old
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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July 16, 2020Teen’s heart is still going strong thanks to UC Davis Children’s Hospital
UC Davis pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons gave Damian Del Rio a chance at a future.
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July 07, 2020UC Davis Health saves 2-year-old with dangerously high blood pressure
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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July 01, 2020CMN grant funds non-English caregiver booklets about home care of pediatric G-tube patients
Russian and Spanish language guides help caregivers understand their child’s gastrostomy tube.
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June 11, 2020Northern California hospital partnership saves local girl’s life
From Red Bluff to Redding to Sacramento, Harper Bruckenstein held on for dear life.
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April 23, 2020Pediatric neurosurgery team at UC Davis saves local boy's life
To relieve pressure on his brain, Rhoen Papini had to have part of his skull removed.
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April 09, 2020UC Davis Children's Hospital cancer patient still smiling after treatment
Madelyn O'Brien was born with cancer, but she has never that stop her.
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