Hana, a heart patient at Packard Children’s, and her family meet the family of Leo, her heart donor.
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Life Before and After Organ Transplant
Donate Life Month: Families share the challenges and victories of awaiting organ transplant.
From surviving to thriving – teen puts her mark on a major brand
Kirsten Brown is no ordinary teenager. This 16-year-old is a heart transplant patient, a stroke survivor – and a Nike patient-designer with a powerful message of hope and inspiration.
Athena’s story: Sharing her journey through transplant
In her own words, a transplant patient’s personal essay: “I am the girl with a history of restrictive cardiomyopathy.”
Seeking a better way to match donor hearts with children awaiting transplant
Doctors leverage 3D imaging software to expand the potential donor pool for children in need… Read more »
San Jose police officers deliver cheer to a patient awaiting heart transplant
“Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do…” The recognizable Cops theme song is going to… Read more »
San Francisco Giants Celebrate ‘Donate Life Day’
“Play Ball!!” Austin Salinas, age four, who is awaiting a kidney transplant at Packard Children’s, kicks off the annual Donate Life game with the SF Giants.
Rebounding from extraordinary challenges
When Ben Thornton wheeled onto the court for the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program’s youth wheelchair basketball West Coast Conference Championship at Stanford, it was a game he was certain to play with heart — the same heart, in fact, that he received at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford nearly 12 years ago.
Fit to Run: A rare heart procedure for Ziyan Liu
A rare heart support helped middle-schooler Ziyan Liu survive to transplant with a single ventricle heart.
New documentary describes heart transplant family’s journey
On Saturday, MSNBC aired a two-hour documentary called “Heartbreak: Saving the Binghams”.
Heart transplant for Gage Bingham
Early Wednesday morning, after 512 days on the transplant wait list, 8-year-old Gage Bingham became the third child in his family to receive a new heart.
Living a full life on a VAD
The youngest of five kids in the Bingham family, 8-year-old Gage is the third of his siblings to suffer from a life-threatening heart failure condition known as dilated cardiomyopathy.
Patient Update: Hana’s busy being a happy toddler with her new heart
We introduced Hana Yago a few months ago when she was awaiting a heart transplant. Today, the Yago family of San Francisco are one step closer home and leaps and bounds closer to their “new normal.”
Five lifesaving organ transplants in 48 hours means a very busy weekend at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
“When something like this happens, we’re prepared,” said Carlos Esquivel, MD. “It really shows the depth of the institution and our transplant programs.”
Teen in Shasta Lake already got her present, the gift of life
ABC 7’s Lilian Kim reports on heart transplant recipient Lizzie Johnson, 14, and her family, about receiving the ultimate gift for Christmas this year, a new heart and a second chance at life.
Heart transplant recipient celebrates historic 30-year anniversary
Lizzy Craze, 32, is the only heart transplant recipient in America, and likely the world, to survive 30 years with the same donor heart she received as a toddler.
Pioneers of the Berlin Heart
For a child awaiting a heart transplant, the Berlin Heart offers a bridge to life. Packard Children’s helped bring this innovative device to pediatric patients in the United States, and achieved some of the early milestones for the most vulnerable patients.
Three Days, Three Hearts
In an extremely rare three-day series of transplants in May, three young adults received new hearts at the Children’s Heart Center at Packard Children’s, including an extraordinarily uncommon double-organ heart and liver transplant.
