On The Mark

By the time Sawyer Dembicky visited her pediatrician for her 6-week checkup, the facial hemangioma that was present at birth had drastically grown in size.

Cody Mitchell was 8 years old when a small lump the size of a pencil eraser first showed up on the inside corner of his left eye.

Kaylee Switcher of Corinth, Miss., knew what to expect. Her daughter, Eisleigh, had been diagnosed with a lymphangioma in utero at 32 weeks. She met weekly with a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Le Bonheur’s Fetal Center until delivery, where she also consulted with members of the Pediatric Vascular Anomalies team.

When Le Bonheur celebrated the hard-earned honor of achieving ANCC Magnet designation this spring, they reveled in more than just a badge they could hang on the wall.

When Umar Boston, MD, talks about his plans for building Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s heart transplant program, he is grateful that children suffering from heart failure can undergo heart transplantation here in Memphis without having to travel to other parts of the country.

Bethany and Jonathan Chu never wanted Le Bonheur Children's palliative care team to visit their twin daughters’ hospital room.

For the last four years, Whitney and Matt Marcuzzo have made the drive from their Germantown, Tenn., home to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital dozens of times.

Slow, deep breathing positively influences cognition, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the University of Memphis.