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    At Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, we’re improving lives every day. Read our stories and ideas for making yours a healthier, happy life, too.

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    May 11, 2017 | Alisha Thomas, Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

    Day in the life of a nurse

    As part of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), we are celebrating those who are on the front line every day caring for children. We recently caught up with Kathryn Mikolic, a Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford .

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    April 11, 2017 | Alisha Thomas, Stanford Medicine Childrens Health

    The surgery that helped a boy back onto the basketball court

    An avid basketball player, Chris loves the Golden State Warriors and can spew out player statistics at any moment. But physiologically, Chris is very unique.

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