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Sunday, March 26, 2023 is Epilepsy Awareness Day to spotlight this neurological condition that affects nearly 50 million people worldwide. People are encouraged to wear purple. By Ashley AntleThere was a time when constant seizures plagued 4-year-old...

By Ashley AntleMarch is Women’s History Month. While the country commemorates the role of women in American History, at Cook Children’s Health Care System, we celebrate the role of women in building one of the largest free-standing pediatric health c...

Child Life Week: This week, we’re celebrating our Child Life Specialists at Cook Children’s who make an impact on the emotional safety of children and families in health care.By Lauren Bridge, MS, CCLS, AYA Child Life Specialist at Cook Children’s He...

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Child Life Week: This week, we’re celebrating our Child Life Specialists at Cook Children’s who make an impact on the emotional safety of children and families in health care.By Baylee Simmons, CCLS, Child Life Specialist at Cook Children’s Neonatal ...

Games, cake and flashing lights! Cook Children’s Medical Center turned 105 years old on Tuesday, March 21, and to celebrate we threw a party featuring food, music, games and entertainment. Guests and patient families were invited to join us for lawn ...

By Jean YaegerBetzavel Segura’s trip to the Down syndrome clinic at Cook Children’s gave the 4-year-old girl the chance to show her skills and her challenges to a variety of specialists.   She named the colors she knows. She jumped around. And in a g...

Child Life Series: This series will discuss the pillars of Child Life  – emotional safety, family-centered care, and play - within the hospital environment and how Child Life serves patients and families.By Ashley Pagenkopf, MS, CCLS, Child Life Spec...

By Heather DugeThe newly constructed expansion to the Dodson Specialty Clinics opens its doors Monday, March 20. This 240,000-square-foot expansion adds more space for patient families and providers and brings six additional specialties together unde...

By Jean YaegerThe rising prices of eggs, meat and other foods can make the cost of groceries hard to swallow these days.But knowing some tricks for savvy shopping could help cut your grocery bill without sacrificing the nutritional value of the food ...

On Wednesday, Cook Children's patients participated in the “Festival of Color” arts, crafts and games in honor of Holi, a joyful and colorful festival that takes place in spring. Holi, the festival of colors, celebrates the victory of good over evil....

March 8, 2023 is International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.Cook Children's employees shared about a woman who inspires them....

By Ashley AntleThe newest generation of imaging tools and technology at Cook Children’s Medical Center’s three-dimensional lab for the planning and printing of congenital heart disease (3D aPPROaCH Lab) makes it possible for cardiac surgeons to see, ...

Today is Rare Disease Day and we’re sharing the story of one of our patients, 3-year-old Greyson, who was diagnosed with PURA Syndrome when he was 2 years old. Only about 500 people in the world share the same diagnosis.Greyson’s diagnostic odyssey b...

By Eline Wiggins and Sydney Hanes. Video by Tom Riehm.Stepping into a world of color, cowbells echo down the hallway, marking the opening of Cook Children’s Medical Center - Prosper on Jan. 9, 2023. Staff members, patients, and families are a part of...

As we celebrate Black History Month in February, Cook Children’s wants to salute Dr. Rhodes and everyone who brings diverse representation and voices of advocacy to health care.Story by Jean Yaeger. Video by Tom Riehm.When she was an elementary schoo...

The Fort Worth Zoo outreach program and ambassador animals visited patients at Cook Children's Wednesday. Patients learned about these incredible animals and got to see them up close. Thistle the porcupineNigel the Brazilian spectacled owlLaguna the ...

Story by Eline Wiggins. Video by Tom Riehm.Three little girls’ lives were changed when Save a Smile provided more than $11,000 in dental care to restore their smiles. Britani, Skarli and Ashley Ortiz were in so much pain from dental decay that they f...

Happy Birthday, Garth Brooks, from Cook Children's. This video is in celebration of country music singer and songwriter Garth Brooks and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Child Life Zone. Garth Brooks is a major supporter of Teammates for Kids...

Cook Children's patients celebrated Valentine's Day Tuesday at the Atrium of Cook Children's Medical Center. One of our facility dogs, Steve, took photos with patients under a red-heart balloon arch. Crafts, goodies and teddy bears were also availabl...

By Heather DugeAs the Surgeon-in-Chief for Cook Children’s Healthcare System, Eric Hubli, M.D. knows that every surgery needs a backup plan. In many cases, one backup plan is not enough.“The key to a really good surgeon is the ability to adapt. When ...

Child Life Series: In the last series, we discussed emotional safety within the context of our homes and the ways that we could support the expression of our children’s emotions, validate our children and advocate for them in all settings. This sprin...

Uzoma “Ben” Gbulie, M.D., FACS, has been caring for formerly conjoined twins AmieLynn Rose and JamieLynn Rae Finley before they were even born. He was one of the first doctors the twins’ parents consulted after finding out their girls were joined at ...

By Jean YaegerMarty Knott, D.O., Ph.D. was AmieLynn’s primary surgeon during the historic procedure to separate conjoined twins, AmieLynn and JamieLynn, on Jan. 23, 2023. Although this was his first time separating conjoined twins, Dr. Knott brought ...

By Ashley AntleWe’re born with a mind, body and soul. When something goes wrong with one, it often affects another. That’s especially true for individuals with diseases of the nervous system — or the brain, spinal cord and nerves — and it’s the motiv...

World Cancer Day on Feb. 4 is an important day to raise awareness about prevention, detection, and treatment. Started by the Union for International Cancer Control in 2008, World Cancer Day activities seek to significantly reduce illness and death ca...

By Heather DugeJose L. Iglesias, M.D., Medical Director of Pediatric Surgery at Cook Children’s Medical Center, was the lead surgeon during the first separation of conjoined twins, JamieLynn and AmieLynn, in Cook Children's Medical Center's 105-year ...

By Jean YaegerKaitlin Bates and her three young sons heard a loud pop while walking on a nature trail one day last summer. At first, Kaitlin thought their stroller ran over something, maybe a snake. Then her 18-month-old son Jace started screaming. K...

Inclement Weather: Click here to view closures and delayed openings at our Cook Children's locations. Although offices may be physically closed, phones are still being answered and virtual appointments are an option at several locations.Many counties...

On Jan. 23, 2023, a team of medical experts from multiple specialties collaborated to perform the first separation of conjoined twins, JamieLynn and AmieLynn, in Cook Children's Medical Center's 105-year history.The medical professionals were separat...