Celebrating What We Made Possible Together
As This Moment: Put a Child’s Future First reaches its close, we are proud to celebrate the incredible progress donors helped make possible for kids and families at UPMC Children’s. Across clinical care, research, patient experience, and community health, your generosity helped to put a child’s future first.
A Heart Made of Steel
Kendall’s Story — As told by Kendall’s parents, Jamie and Andy Three years ago, at our 20-week anatomy scan, we received the tough news that our unborn daughter had multiple congenital heart defects. In that moment, we felt the clouds move in overhead. We were directed to UPMC Children’s by our local hospital in Harrisburg. […]
River’s Road to Recovery: from Patient to CMN Champion
Every year, local member hospitals of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN) identify a “Champion” within each local community to serve as the face for children treated at their local children’s hospital. These ambassadors spend their year advocating for the charitable needs of children’s hospitals across the U.S. and Canada. Get to know River, UPMC Children’s […]
Creating Holiday Magic in the Hospital
For kids and families at UPMC Children’s, a time of year that should be filled with joy and magic is often scary, stressful, and worrisome. Thankfully, our staff work tirelessly to create a little magic for families spending their holidays in the hospital.
Rosie’s Future
PICU physicians diagnosed Rosie with acute meningoencephalitis. While meningitis is a condition that involves inflammation or infection of the protective layer of membranes that surround the brain (the meninges), encephalitis involves inflammation or infection of the brain tissue.
Meet Julien
Julien’s remarkable story started before he was born. When Mandy was only 20 weeks along in her pregnancy, a routine scan revealed that something wasn’t right with her unborn baby’s heart.
Meet Raegan
Despite a full and busy life, Raegan lives with a chronic illness called short bowel syndrome. A complex disease, short bowel syndrome affects a child’s ability to absorb nutrients from food because part of the small intestine is missing or malfunctioning.