Patient Story

Maceo Alvarez likes a lot of sports—but nothing compares with his love for football. “He’s like a football addict,” his mother, Monique Esparza, says. “You get to catch, you get to run, you get to

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) helped Haven survive pneumonia, parainfluenza and adenovirus.

‘Cancer’ is a depleting word to anyone who is experiencing or has experienced those six-letters. It is a life-changing word that can often define a person for worse or better. To 12-year-old Juan

Tania received lifechanging care in the form of club foot surgery at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. It allowed her to walk, and even dance.

Star Wars characters in the cafeteria, a horse in the Radiology Lab and a trap door in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) are not typical things seen at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, but for

A family shares their experience with Ewings Sarcoma, and their gratitude for the care they received at CHLA.