Patient Stories

For two and a half years, Madi Smith fought the effects of leukemia and the treatment. Duke Children's never left her family's side.

Duke Children's pediatric oncologists quickly diagnose and treat 10-year old Micole's osteosarcoma (bone cancer).

After six months of intensive chemotherapy, long days at Duke's Jim Valvano Day Hospital, and some difficult and uncertain times, Angelika's cancer is in remission.

Gavin was only seven weeks old when he was referred to Duke Children's and within days was undergoing heart surgery.

It is awesome that 14-year-old Duke Children's patient, Matthew, played in the 2007 Duke Children's Classic Celebrity golf tournament, but it is even more amazing knowing that Matthew is blind.

Craniosynostosis is a rare condition, and optimal treatment requires highly complex surgery. Duke Children's is home to one of the nation's few dedicated pediatric craniofacial surgery teams.

Hannah's arthritis started with a single joint and spread throughout her body. By age one, she was diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA), and her parents silently braced themselves for the unthinkable.

Jolyne was not expecting to go into labor on a late June day, but she did. Baby Elizabeth was born six and a half weeks premature, and she was not breathing.