Kids and their families come to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital from across the region to receive the best pediatric care when they need it most.
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 […]
Hometown: Beaverton, OR Diagnosis: kidney cancer, kidney transplant Shoe: Air Max Triax 96 When life throws Bransen “Boom” Fernando a challenge, this kid comes out swinging. Diagnosed with bilateral kidney cancer at just seven months old, he managed to live nearly 12 years with half a kidney before it started to fail last year. In […]
Five months before Bianca Anderson was due to give birth, her baby, Jacob, was diagnosed with a severe congenital heart defect. With the help of OHSU Doernbecher’s fetal therapy program, Bianca’s health care team created an individualized health care plan to treat Jacob’s disease.
Clementine had just celebrated her sixth birthday. A week later, she complained of a headache at school, skipped lunch and fell asleep with her head on her desk. Clementine’s dad assumed it was a bout of flu, so he picked her up with plans to visit her pediatrician that afternoon. On the drive home, Clementine […]
On a recent Saturday evening, Gary and Christine Rood stood in a cozy lounge near a crackling fireplace inside the new OHSU guest house that they helped build. Near the window is a bronze sculpture, called The Healer, that has provided inspiration to Gary. Beyond it is a view of the hospital where he worked […]
Each year, thousands of families arrive at OHSU and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital from every corner of the region to receive long-term, specialty care unavailable in their home communities. Families leave their homes, friends and jobs behind — for weeks or months — during the most stressful times of their lives. But relief is at hand […]
When you give to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, your generosity is fueling support for life-saving care and breakthrough research to help kids.
The Doernbecher staff helped save Lola Johnson’s life — and then she turned herself into a legend.
Bennett was born with cancer. The odds of survival were low. At two-weeks-old, there was no established protocol for treatment.
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