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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.
side by side photo Kaylee Townsley Roxi Vasquez
Kaylee and Roxi's Story Kidney Diseases

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.

Cuthbertson family strikes a pose
Heaven, Tiara and Messiah's Story Airway Lungs

Heaven, Tiara and Messiah's Story Airway Lungs

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

headshot of Carly Nguyen
Carly's Story Cancer

Carly's Story Cancer

Bone marrow experts and a selfless donation save a local teen’s life.

Sophia
Sophia's Story Tetralogy of Fallot TOF

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.”

Amarie on a park swing
Amarie's Story Premature Infant

Amarie's Story Premature Infant

Amarie, an infant born prematurely, is enrolled in a Children’s research study that seeks to understand how preterm birth affects the cerebellum.

Gabriella Nelson
Gabriella's Story Nephrotic Syndrome

Gabriella's Story Nephrotic Syndrome

Gabriella was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome, which meant her kidneys were leaking protein.

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Noah's Story Airway Lungs

Noah's Story Airway Lungs

After Joshua and Sandra Sweek noticed that their 6-month-old son, Noah, was having breathing problems, they took him to the doctor. There, the baby was diagnosed with suspected asthma.

Erica
Erica's Story Obesity

Erica's Story Obesity

Most beauty queens hope for world peace, but one teen pageant contestant wants to tackle an issue that consumes the Washington, D.C., region.

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Emily's Story Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects

Emily's Story Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects

In 2012, Emily Rose Wagner was born in Boston, and her parents were beyond thrilled to have their second child. The first few months after Emily was born were a dream come true for the entire family.

Baby Mila in her stoller with a Happy New Year hat.
Mila's Story Hirschsprung disease

Mila's Story Hirschsprung disease

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. 

Molly dancing
Molly's Story Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL

Molly's Story Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia ALL

Saved by a bone marrow donation from her brother, Davis, and strengthened by a personalized T-cell therapy post transplant, Molly’s life is back on track and she’s dancing again.

Rebecca
Rebecca's Story Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus

Rebecca's Story Intestinal Malrotation and Volvulus

At only 15-days old, Rebecca would need to undergo surgery to treat intestinal malrotation and volvulus. Find out how Children's team used minimally invasive surgery to treat the infant.