Category Archives: Our Patients
Farewell to 15,000 pounds of Miracles
Amazing Wallscape to come down after 2-year display If you’ve been along High Street in downtown Columbus you can’t miss it. Dedicated on Valentine’s Day, 2011, our “Miracles at Play” Wallscape weighs 15,000 pounds was the most complex outdoor display …
Marathon Update….Catching up with our Miracle Mile Champions
It’s been six months since runners crossed the finish line of the 2012 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon. 26.2 miles, 18,000 athletes, 100,000 cheering fans – more than $925,000 raised to fund clinical care and research (with donors directing gifts …
Happy Valentines Day
Happy Valentines Day! You made it extra special for our patients. We asked. You delivered. A whopping 567 e-cards came in for the kids. What a difference that makes in day of a patient. Even the dogs got in on …
Share a Valentine with a Hospitalized Child
Thursday is Valentine’s Day. Help us brighten the day for children in the hospital who won’t be able to celebrate at school with their friends. Let’s open our hearts and make sure every child has a special valentine. Go here …
“I felt like I was saying goodbye to my heart”
These were the words Tonya Ellis used to describe her feelings when our medical team arrived at the birth hospital just after delivery to transport her newborn baby daughter to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Born 16 weeks too soon and weighing …
Children’s Clubhouse has a new home
A special place just for brothers and sisters When a child needs medical care the entire family is impacted including brothers and sisters. That’s why we created the Children’s Clubhouse – a special place on our campus just for pre-school …
Up In the Air…It’s a bird…It’s a butterfly…It’s Monarch I
As you’re reading this post (if you’re reading this on January 18th) something new and exciting is coming to the skies of Columbus, Ohio. Monarch I is on its way, flying here from Shreveport, Louisiana. No, I’m not referring to …
The Holidays inside our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
This week I was up in our Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU). The holiday decorations are up but unfortunately the units are full. More than 100 babies born too soon or battling critical medical issues. I am always amazed by …
A difficult weekend made better thanks to Coach Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes…
A difficult weekend made better thanks to Coach Urban Meyer and the Buckeyes… Words can’t describe my feelings about Friday’s tragic events in Sandy Hook. The lingering sense of helplessness and sadness for such senseless violence in our world. …
An Update on Some of our Patients
As promised we’re continuing our behind the scenes updates on many of the special Children from the Every Gift Matters Holiday Campaign. This week I wanted to update you on Beau and Brett. Beau has become a familiar face to …
