Our Stories

At Children’s National, we provide compassionate, professional care to thousands of patients every year. Our patients come from all over the United States and from more than 20 countries around the world. They have many different conditions and experience unique paths on their treatment journeys – but through it all they experience the same level of warm, family-centered care. Discover our patients' stories to understand their journey and see how it may relate to your own.

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Sophia's Story Tetralogy of Fallot TOF

During a routine 20-week prenatal ultrasound, Carol Kando-Pineda’s obstetrician in Fredericksburg, Virginia, spotted abnormalities in Carol’s unborn child that she referred to as “possibly inconsistent with life.”

side by side photo Kaylee Townsley Roxi Vasquez

Kaylee and Roxi's Story Kidney Diseases

Kaylee Townsley, a seventh-grader, is 12. Roxi Vasquez, a high school senior, is 18. They live in different towns and attend different schools but became "sisters" as they shared the same kidney transplant experience.

Heaven, Tiara and Messiah's Story Asthma

"My life has become better because I’m more educated and can help others,” Tiara Cuthbertson embraces being an asthma patient advocate.

Noah's Story Asthma

"It’s all about keeping his asthma under control as best we can", Noah's dad expresses hope for his future .

Sabrina's Story Obesity

At just 13 years old, Sabrina had already exhausted the endless list of weight-loss diets and programs that had promised her “real” results. And to her ever-deepening frustration and despair, nothing was working.

Patient Avery Bullard at the Race for Every Child.

Avery's Story Newborn Neurologic Disorders

Faced with an APGAR score of one, which indicated Avery was struggling, the team quickly recognized the infant had hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), one of the most severe complications that can affect full-term infants.

Bone marrow transplant patient with his mother.

Bryce's Story Sickle Cell Disease

A young boy is cured from sickle cell disease due to a groundbreaking clinical trial at Children's National.

happy young family stands indoors facing camera

Isaiah's Story Asthma

A young boy and his family confront and manage asthma successfully through Dr. Stephen Teach's IMPACT DC asthma clinic.

Baby Mila in her stoller with a Happy New Year hat.

Mila's Story

As soon as Mila was born at 35.5 gestational weeks, it was clear something was terribly wrong. Mila’s breathing didn’t sound right. Her mother waited to hear her newborn cry. Following diagnostic imaging and genetic testing, her newborn daughter's health concerns were revealed.

Emilee's Story Diaphragmatic Hernia

How ECMO helped Emilee not only survive, but thrive.

Ryan W.'s Story Heart

In the fall of 2015, Stafford, Va., residents Sarah and Jay gave birth to their first child, a beautiful, healthy baby boy named Ryan.

Lakin's Story Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2

For the Bassler family, this past spring was filled with big changes and new learnings about type 1 diabetes. For Lakin, it was about learning to live with her disease.

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