Our Patients

Jake Olson lives by a simple mantra: “Nothing is impossible.” Those three words are especially fitting for the 18-year-old who graduated high school with a 4.3 GPA, plays college football, aspires to

On April 19 the Cha family would experience the unimaginable. “After the accident, Clayton couldn’t walk, talk or do much,” says Allis, Clayton’s father. Claty, as his family likes to call him, was 2

Maceo Alvarez likes a lot of sports—but nothing compares with his love for football. “He’s like a football addict,” his mother, Monique Esparza, says. “You get to catch, you get to run, you get to

“You get to hit the ball,” explains 6-year-old Jonny Maldonado. “And you get to run.” The Bakersfield first-grader is talking about why baseball has become one of his favorite sports (along with

Meet Kylie. Mark Krieger removed her brain tumor—a benign juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma—and now Kylie is a Junior Ambassador at CHLA.

John's lifed was ruled by severe epilepsy- until CHLA surgeons implanted a pacemaker-like disc in the chest, just under the skin. Now his seizures are drastically reduced.

5-year-old Emily has an aggressive form of cancer called SPNET. But she hasn't let cancer affect her sense of style.

10-year-old Alex's diabetes diagnosis was a surprise to his parents. CHLA helped get him back on the soccer field.

Vivian is a CHLA patient, and a Junior Ambassador, helping raise vital funds to help support the hospital.

Meet Ella, a 4-year-old fighting hepatoblastoma, an uncommon liver cancer, at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.