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On the morning of Aug. 21, 2017, a nurse brought a special gift into 2-year-old Elliott’s room at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles: a pair of eclipse glasses. It was the day of the much-anticipated

Rachel Lestz, MD, not one to mince words or to conserve them, is abruptly stuck in a pause, halfway between a plausible hypothetical and an oncoming dilemma. “Am I that curious a person?” she asks

The new heart was on its way down from the helipad. At the same time, Cynthia Herrington, MD, was carefully removing Ruben’s old heart from his chest. It was a heart she had seen before—she had

Young Charlie is living a full life — with half a heart.

It seems like the magic of the moment sweeps up Eliana, unannounced, at key instances in her life. Last year it happened at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Gala, when she was brought onstage by

This is a story about Kalea and Noah—two siblings who are also best friends. Best, best friends. “Oh my gosh, they are completely best friends,” says their mom, Nohea. “From the beginning, their

Of the two ways to get on Alberto’s good side, the more obvious one is to stand to his right, because that’s his good side, the one that faces the audience. On the opposite side, not visible when he’s

One ordinary, random morning, when he was barely 5 years old, Reiter woke up and “he was a different child,” recalls his mother, Stephanie. “I see two mommies. I see two daddies,” Reiter told his mom

Meet Richard. He’s in fifth grade, loves his teacher, enjoys running, swimming and drawing, and has an ear-to-ear smile that makes him friends wherever he goes. And he’s gone a lot of places lately

Katie Sweeney记 向大家介绍Richard(理查德) ，他现就读五年级，喜爱他的老师，喜欢跑步、游泳和画画。他满脸的笑容在他所到之处都能为他带来朋友。近日他曾到访很多地方，他现正住在洛杉矶，然而他真正的家是在北京。 但是他的母亲希望你们知到有些关于Richard尤为重要的事情︰就是他有勇气；许多的勇气。并且从 2017年1月19日至今，他实在需要这每一股的勇气。 那天