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Story: Allison's Journey

Children's Story Project

The Children's Story Project features stories written by patients and families about how Children's Hospital has impacted their lives.
Featured story: Connor’s story
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Maggie Devries

Mending Broken Hearts

Children’s is a national leader in developing, testing and using less invasive treatments for congenital heart conditions.
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Maggie Devries

Developing Better Devices

Amy Ramer and daughter MacKenzie have similar heart defects — but MacKenzie’s recovery was easier thanks to a new device tested at Children’s Hospital.
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Children's Healthlink Special: Heart Center.

Children's Healthlink Special: Heart Center

In a one-hour special, KING 5 follows the medical team and patients at Children's Hospital's Heart Center.
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Establishing a plan of care to treat her son Alistair’s heart defect at birth helped ease Kelly Hennessey’s anxiety.

The Smallest of Hearts

By identifying a serious defect before a child is born, the experts in Children’s prenatal diagnosis program enable families and their health-care providers to establish a plan of care for before, during and after birth.
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The Heart and Soul of the Heart Center

The Heart and Soul of the Heart Center

Watch the story about Pam Hopkins, RN and transplant nurse coordinator—one of our transplant nurses who works closely with patients and families.
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Kiera Luke

Heart Center on TV

Heart Center physicians remove a tumor from a baby girl's heart.
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Mary Schlater, ARNP

Q&A with Mary 'Libs' Schlater, ARNP

Mary talks about what it's like to work at Children's and what's special about the Heart Center.
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Kathleen Swanson, RN

Q&A with Wendy Mowbray, Medical Assistant

Wendy talks about what it's like to work at Children's and what's special about the Heart Center.
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Kathleen Swanson, RN

Q&A with Kathleen Swanson, RN

Kathleen talks about what it's like to work at Children's and what's special about the Heart Center.
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Joel Lester, Lead Sonographer

Q&A with Joel Lester, Lead Sonographer

Joel talks about what it's like to work at Children's and what's special about the Heart Center.
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Keli Morgan, Heart Center RN

Q&A with Keli Morgan, Heart Center RN

Keli talks about what it's like to work at Children's and what's special about the Heart Center.
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Finding the Beat

Finding the Beat

Children's heart surgery program provides pediatric clinical expertise and technological innovation.
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Matters of the Heart

Matters of the Heart

Cardiac catheterizations mean fewer conditions require open-heart surgery.
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William's Heart Operation

William's Heart Operation

William is five months old and is having surgery at Children's to repair a hole in his heart. William and his parents share their touching journey.
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William's Heart Operation

Teamwork Central to Patient Care

Dr. Gordon Cohen speaks about the surgery program, the quest to maximize recovery, and upcoming advances.
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