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2023
March
23,
2023
| 13:01 PM America/Chicago
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March
22,
2023
| 16:42 PM America/Chicago
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 ...
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March
22,
2023
| 14:55 PM America/Chicago
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 ...
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March
20,
2023
| 16:49 PM America/Chicago
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...
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March
20,
2023
| 13:53 PM America/Chicago
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...
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February
22,
2023
| 15:19 PM America/Chicago
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 ...
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February
20,
2023
| 11:14 AM America/Chicago
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...
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February
14,
2023
| 15:44 PM America/Chicago
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...
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February
14,
2023
| 13:57 PM America/Chicago
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...
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February
08,
2023
| 14:44 PM America/Chicago
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...
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February
03,
2023
| 11:43 AM America/Chicago
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...
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January
31,
2023
| 16:21 PM America/Chicago
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...
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January
26,
2023
| 15:57 PM America/Chicago
Cook Children’s and Twisted X®, a Twisted X Global Brands company, have joined together to create the Cook Children’s by Twisted X Collection. Twisted X will donate 100 percent of wholesale proceeds from every pair of shoes sold from this collection ...
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January
25,
2023
| 11:22 AM America/Chicago
Sisters JamieLynn and AmieLynn underwent surgery on Monday, becoming the first conjoined twins to be separated at Cook Children’s Medical Center.Jamie and Amie lay face-to-face and shared a liver, which was successfully separated during the 11-hour p...
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2022
December
23,
2022
| 10:00 AM America/Chicago
Photos by Sydney Hanes.Santa Claus stopped by to visit our tiniest patients in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to spread Christmas cheer. The babies were dressed in festive outfits to celebrate their first Christmas....
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December
20,
2022
| 15:17 PM America/Chicago
Cook Children's patients enjoyed a Christmas party on Tuesday morning with a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. They received gifts and participated in arts and crafts activities.Video by Tom Riehm. Photos by Lauren Graham and Eline Wiggins. ...
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December
13,
2022
| 16:47 PM America/Chicago
The Texas Rangers had their annual holiday visit with Cook Children's patients on Dec. 13, 2022. Current and former players, along with members of their broadcast team, surprised patients in multiple departments at the Medical Center to spread some h...
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October
31,
2022
| 16:09 PM America/Chicago
Happy Halloween! Our patients participated in trick-or-treating while babies in the NICU celebrated their first Halloween dressed in adorable costumes. Our staff members showed off their Halloween spirit! We hope everyone has a safe and happy Hallowe...
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October
28,
2022
| 09:47 AM America/Chicago
By Jean YaegerThe sunny personalities and determination of Sophie Worsham and Libby Sponsler shine through as the girls and their families deal with the physical challenges and developmental delays of Down syndrome. Sophie, who is 15 months old, has ...
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October
27,
2022
| 10:47 AM America/Chicago
Cook Children’s is facing an early increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and flu cases this season, which are overwhelming our medical facilities. Please help us by doing your part to help stop the spread of respiratory illnesses.A surge in f...
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October
19,
2022
| 14:44 PM America/Chicago
North Texas may be the home base for Cook Children’s Medical Center, but the hospital’s reach stretches far beyond its eight-county service area, thanks in large part to Cook Children’s Teddy Bear Transport. This year marks 40 years of Teddy Bear Tra...
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October
10,
2022
| 11:22 AM America/Chicago
Hispanic Heritage Month is from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 to celebrate and pay tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society....
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August
18,
2022
| 13:13 PM America/Chicago
By Eline de BruijnDue to inflation, families across the country are facing higher costs for gas, energy, housing, groceries and other goods.Teams and leaders who work across Cook Children’s Health Care System have seen the extra stress this has cause...
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August
12,
2022
| 10:25 AM America/Chicago
Cook Children's held an indoor rock climbing event on Thursday at Texas Christian University Recreational Center for patients with congenital hand and upper extremity differences. Children and parents had the opportunity to participate in a controlle...
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August
04,
2022
| 11:25 AM America/Chicago
Video by Tom RiehmThursday, Aug. 4 is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. You may know that cookies are celebrated at Cook Children's year-round. Each Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. freshly baked, warm cookies are available in Camelot Court for $1 e...
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June
14,
2022
| 14:56 PM America/Chicago
List ranks Cook Children’s among the best children’s hospitals for pediatric cancer, cardiology, endocrinology, neurology/neurosurgery, orthopedics and pulmonologyCook Children’s Health Care System has successfully achieved six rankings in the U.S. N...
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June
02,
2022
| 08:00 AM America/Chicago
By Jean YaegerAttention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) made school a struggle for 17-year-old Moses Hernandez as far back as kindergarten.“Basically I was all over the place. I would talk a lot, always. I couldn’t stay focused on one thing,” h...
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May
26,
2022
| 11:17 AM America/Chicago
On Tuesday, patients and families were invited to come to the Atrium at Cook Children’s Medical Center to participate in a miniature golf tournament alongside two golfers from the Charles Schwab Challenge going on now at The Colonial.PGA golfers Aust...
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May
20,
2022
| 11:44 AM America/Chicago
Professional Bull Riders are in town for the World Finals 2022 at Dickies Arena. The cowboys stopped by Cook Children's Medical Center to bring some smiles to our patients!Patients made horseshoes and belt buckles at craft stations, plus played some ...
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April
22,
2022
| 11:54 AM America/Chicago
Because of organ donation, the tragic death of 7-year-old Justin Owens produced a new lease on life for four other people.Justin is one of 58 deceased patients at Cook Children’s who became organ donors from 2017 to 2021. Those donors provided 223 ki...
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