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2025
October
30,
2025
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16:33 PM
America/Chicago
It was a picture-perfect fall day. One that you snapshot in your mind to pull up years later while reminiscing treasured times when the pitter-patter of toddler feet and the carefree laughter of kids filled your home. For Leόn “King” Reyes, …
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September
23,
2025
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15:30 PM
America/Chicago
No one is made for cancer, but Perry Oviedo certainly has the spunk it takes to beat it. At just 3 years old, she’s already spent nearly two years fighting a type of blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), and she’s done it with a …
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May
13,
2025
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16:24 PM
America/Chicago
The story of Cook Children’s Medical Center – Fort Worth is as rich and enduring as that of the city it calls home. The medical center’s roots date back to 1918 when Fort Worth’s Camp Bowie thrived as a military training center, the Stockyards …
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March
13,
2025
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16:02 PM
America/Chicago
Any time a child gets a bump, cut or bruise, it's a scary moment for parents. Most of the time a bandage will mend things, but for a parent whose child has a bleeding disorder, it's a slightly different story.March is Blood Disorders Awareness …
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2024
September
26,
2024
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11:04 AM
America/Chicago
As a 12-year-old with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Chelsee Greer, D.O., learned some of the hard lessons of cancer that now shape how she treats the disease in children.Dr. Greer, who leads the Neuroblastoma Program at the Cook Children’s Hematology and …
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2023
June
21,
2023
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00:00 AM
America/Chicago
Cook Children’s Health Care System has once again been recognized as one of the best children’s hospitals in the nation, earning five rankings in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospitals list for 2023-2024.The report, which was …
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June
15,
2023
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12:26 PM
America/Chicago
By Heather DugeThree-year-old Rylee McLemore and his dad Steven do everything together. Fishing, driving in the Jeep and exploring outdoors are just a few of their favorite pastimes. “Rylee is a daddy’s boy,” Steven said. “He is my best friend and …
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June
08,
2023
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15:15 PM
America/Chicago
Story by Sydney Hanes. Video by Tom Riehm.In April, patient Kaydence Mixon who was diagnosed with leukemia rang the end-of-treatment bell at Cook Children’s Medical Center surrounded by her family, friends and care team. Following a heartfelt speech …
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May
30,
2023
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11:17 AM
America/Chicago
By Heather DugeSometimes a mother’s intuition can be the difference between life and death. That was true for 7-year-old Ismael Aguilera whose episodes of debilitating headaches turned out to be a life-threatening condition. Ismael’s mom, Karla, …
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March
24,
2023
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12:50 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 Lauren Bridge, MS, CCLS, AYA Child Life Specialist at Cook …
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2022
September
21,
2022
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16:18 PM
America/Chicago
By Jean YaegerAiden Snyder responded with determination and positivity when his leukemia came back again and again and again after his initial diagnosis at age 4.With each relapse, Aiden’s doctors tried a new approach to combat the rogue cells …
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July
18,
2022
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11:44 AM
America/Chicago
By Gina BestAsked what makes her mighty, Makenzie Chapa flexes her biceps and flashes a smile.“I have muscles,” she says with an upward tilt of her chin.Those who meet the precocious 7-year-old would no doubt agree she’s strong. But so much more …
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March
07,
2022
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12:13 PM
America/Chicago
• The 15th annual The Blast will take place on April 2, 2022 at Panther Island Pavilion in Fort Worth. Visit blastwalk.org to sign up.• Michael and Elesha were patients at Cook Children's, fighting neuroblastoma. Learn how a promise between …
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2020
December
09,
2020
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13:35 PM
America/Chicago
A video shared in September of Cook Children's patient Aiden Yielding, 13, and his dad, Chuck, dancing together from a distance during Aiden’s chemo treatments quickly went viral and captured the hearts of millions around the world. …
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2019
May
01,
2019
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10:07 AM
America/Chicago
This is my sweet patient Olivia.
Olivia is 7 years old and has fought a battle that most 7 year olds (and 70 year olds) have never and will never face.
Olivia has spent the last two years in and out of Cook Children’s battling …
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2018
May
24,
2018
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16:25 PM
America/Chicago
Parents expect their toddler to be a little moody sometimes. So Autumn and Darrell Thomas didn't think much about their daughter Kynlee's irritable and lethargic behavior.
But when they realized she wasn't using her left arm, they …
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2017
September
26,
2017
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16:40 PM
America/Chicago
By Ashley Parrott
The Hematology/Oncology (H/O) floor at Cook Children’s is its own world. Bright green walls lead the way among the hustle and bustle of the daily routines of patients, families and doctors. But behind the miracles …
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September
12,
2017
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15:26 PM
America/Chicago
Physician. Scientist. Researcher.
The role of a pediatric hematologist and oncologist stretches far beyond the walls of Cook Children’s medical center because the physician participates in clinical trials and collaborates with other experts …
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May
01,
2017
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00:00 AM
America/Chicago
Recent clinical trial results from the Phase 2 SUSTAIN clinical of a drug known as crizanlizumab have provided new optimism for Sickle Cell Disease patients. The trial may present another option for treating people with severe Sickle Cell Disease …
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April
17,
2017
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12:03 PM
America/Chicago
ABC News - This nurse’s drawings are bringing cheer to his young patients at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Edgar Palomo, 27, makes dry-erase artwork on the hematology/oncology floor to lighten the mood for the …
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April
06,
2017
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17:03 PM
America/Chicago
By Daron Aldridge
When you think of a Cook Children’s patient, it’s just natural to think of a tiny baby girl who’s only lived in our NICU or a first grader in the Child Life Zone playing with Ralph just like his own dog at …
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2015
November
18,
2015
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15:28 PM
America/Chicago
In this world where we are trying to protect our kids from chemicals and preservatives, one thing that is emerging for parents and pediatricians, is a rising tide of parents who are refusing vitamin K supplementation at birth. Often parents ask, …
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September
23,
2015
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10:39 AM
America/Chicago
If we had one wish it would be that no child would ever have to fight cancer. That's why we're asking you to join forces with Cook Children's oncologists, researchers, patients and families to help make that wish come true. …
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September
23,
2015
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10:14 AM
America/Chicago
Tori Pence has loved music since she was 7 years old when her grandfather gifted her with her first guitar. But it wasn’t until she was admitted to Cook Children’s that her passion for music flourished.
In October of 2012, at the age …
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September
23,
2015
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10:13 AM
America/Chicago
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, Cook Children's began this year's #erasekidcancer campaign for Children's Awareness Month with a ceremonial 1kwalk. Fifth grader Luke Lange, who’s in remission for Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, stepped …
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September
23,
2015
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10:13 AM
America/Chicago
The Cook Children's Hematology and Oncology Center works every day on medical treatments and research to help make the blood disorders and cancers that affect children and teens, disappear. Here are some of our efforts to …
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April
08,
2015
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15:37 PM
America/Chicago
Taylor Helland, 18, has undergone colon cancer three times since the age of 14. She explains why the Cook Children's Adolescent Young Adult cancer program is important to her.
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