Like his doppelganger NBA hero LeBron James, Dr. Shaun Whisenant has the drive and passion to become a superstar of his profession. He loves working with children and helping others. In fact, volunteering with children has always been a part of his life — from tutoring and mentoring kids while growing up to now coaching […]
One year, 3 ER visits for Maddie
Maddie Binder made it to her 11th year before she had to go to the emergency room. But by the time she blew out the candles on her 12th birthday cake, she visited Akron Children’s Hospital emergency department three times – all for very different reasons. While her mom, Sarah, is hoping her daughter’s ER […]
Dancing for the Kids raises a record-breaking amount for cancer research
The 6th annual Dancing for the Kids event, hosted by the Emerging Leaders of Akron Children’s Hospital and presented by Northwestern Mutual, raised a record-breaking $155,613 to benefit cancer research at the hospital’s Showers Family Center for Childhood Cancers and Blood Disorders. Dance Unlimited, a therapeutic dance program at Akron Children’s for patients of all […]
Reasons why we love Akron Children’s Urgent Care
As most parents of young children, you unfortunately become very familiar with Urgent Care because sickness occurs at the most random times. Last week my husband and I brought our daughter to Urgent Care at Akron Children’s Hudson location on a Sunday afternoon. We ended up at the Hudson location because it was the only […]
A cut even super mom can’t heal ends in dinosaurs and smiles
My 3 year old cut his thumb playing outside. It took me 2 seconds to realize this is beyond super mom healing and we headed to Akron Children’s ER in Hudson. We had NO wait, NO hassle, nothing!
