You’ve heard it time and time again: All babies need the traditional benefits of breast milk. But for preemies, the benefits are even more important — and in many cases, life saving. Premature babies, born at 37 weeks or earlier, are at a greater risk for having health problems early in life and can face […]
Children’s Champion spotlight: Tim Campbell
September 28 is a big day for Tim Campbell this year. The day he takes on the Blue Line for the 16th time is also the day his twin children, Tim Jr. and Hollen, turn 28. Born via emergency C-section at 3:30 a.m., the twins were almost 8-weeks premature and were immediately transported to the […]
Unplanned extubation numbers decrease in the Akron NICU
Unless you’re a caregiver in one of the hospital’s intensive care units, the terms intubation and extubation might not mean much to you. But as manager of respiratory services, Bonnie Powell, lives and breathes these terms daily as she tracks the hospital’s most medically fragile patients. Intubation is the term for placing a tube (that […]
8-year-old boy aspires to be like his oncology doctor someday
Eight-year-old Grady Oprean is going to make a fine doctor one day. He’s got the compassionate bedside manner part licked. That’s for sure. And despite his young age he has experienced enough of the clinical side that he can probably pass his MCATs (Medical College Admission Test) today. “I want to work for Akron Children’s someday […]
Mother’s Day celebration in NICU offers friendship, pampering
All moms deserve to be pampered on Mother’s Day, especially new moms. But when your child is in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), it can be difficult to find the time to celebrate in a traditional way. So Family Care Coordinator Marybeth Fry made it easy for our NICU families by organizing a Mother’s […]
Her young life spent in the NICU, Jaelee Hill finally goes home
Born extremely premature at 24 weeks, Jaelee Hill suffered a cascade of medical complications that kept her hospitalized for almost 16 months. She was so ill with pulmonary problems that at one point, her mother, Jennifer, was told to prepare for the worst. But on Thursday morning, the staff of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit […]
