Full of life
At age 2, Eli faced a cancer almost never seen in kids that age. Fortunately, his team at Doernbecher was ready to meet the challenge.
Category: Patient Care
When new treatments save lives
On Halloween 2017, Sarah Martinez took her 8-year-old son Macario out for a night of trick-or-treating with his cousins in their Portland neighborhood. Macario, known as Macky, started feeling unwell after a short walk to the first house, so they turned around and headed home. It was then that Sarah sensed something wasn’t right. A […]
I am alive. I am strong.
Brenna Lindsley was 38 when learned she had breast cancer last spring. This year, she celebrated her “Cancerversary” by traveling to Scotland by herself.
30 years of compassionate care
For the past 30 years, the OHSU Center for Ethics in Health Care has become a nationally recognized leader for end-of-life and compassionate care.
Q&A: Susan Tolle, MD, Center for Ethics
Susan Tolle, MD, has spent her career as one of the leading voices for end-of-life and compassionate health care.
Freestyle 2019: Sawyer
Hometown: Bend, OR Diagnosis: brain cancer Shoe: Nike Zoom Pegasus Turbo 2 Sawyer was training as a competitive gymnast when he started feeling dizzy at practice. “It kind of felt like there was a ping pong ball in my head when I did flips,” he explains. A brain scan revealed an egg-sized tumor in his […]
Freestyle 2019: Ethan
Hometown: Vancouver, WA Diagnosis: congenital heart defect, heart transplant Shoe: Air Jordan XIV Retro Good luck keeping up with Ethan Ellis. This athletic, mile-a-minute guy is passionate about basketball and dreams of playing professionally one day. You’d never know from his wicked sense of humor and upbeat attitude that he’s endured six open-heart surgeries (three […]
Freestyle 2019: Kahleah
Hometown: Richland, WA Diagnosis: traumatic brain injury Shoe: React Element 55 Kahleah is a source of light and inspiration to everyone who knows her. A devastating car accident left her with multiple skull and facial fractures, but it did nothing to diminish her bright outlook on life. Perhaps the best way to describe this vibrant […]
Freestyle 2019: Zion
Hometown: Eugene, OR Diagnosis: Hodgkin lymphoma Shoe: Air Force 1 LV8 Zion is a smart, insightful girl who loves science, reading and music. Last year, a routine sports physical revealed a lump in her neck that turned out to be lymphoma. Two days later, she began the fight of her life at Doernbecher. For her […]
Freestyle 2019: Desiree
Hometown: Hillsboro, OR Diagnosis: Type I diabetes, celiac disease and depression Shoe: Nike SB Zoom Janoski RM Desiree was just a regular fourth-grader who enjoyed writing, swimming, and theater — then a diagnosis of type I diabetes and celiac disease turned her world upside down. The news threw her into a deep depression and in […]
