Region: North America

  1. Olivia Helps Out: From Spreading Holiday Cheer to Advancing Science

    Posted by on April 14, 2023 in | No Comments

    When the headaches began, Olivia knew. All three times that her cancer had returned, she didn’t need tests or lab results to give her the news. The headaches sent the message loud and clear. The piercing headaches were back once again in 2019, and the 12-year-old from Ontario, Canada, knew that another round of treatments […]

  2. Rayne Gets Comfort, Gives Warmth at The Inn

    Posted by on January 5, 2023 in | No Comments

    When you first meet Rayne – and if you have been to The Children’s Inn over the past several months,  you have likely met Rayne – you wouldn’t suspect that there was anything wrong with this bubbly three-year-old from the Bahamas. Known to some staffers as the Mayor of The Inn, Rayne is a bundle […]

  3. Making a Difference: High Schooler Lawrence Li Finds Ways to Give Back

    Posted by on July 19, 2022 in | No Comments

    To make a big difference, all it takes is a little bit of determination. For proof of that, look no further than Lawrence Li, a rising high school senior and the youngest member of The Children’s Inn at NIH’s Leadership Circle. Lawrence grew up with an awareness of The Inn thanks to a mother who […]

  4. Moving On: Jordan is Grateful for His Time at The Inn

    Posted by on June 28, 2022 in | No Comments

    When people first hear about The Children’s Inn, they are likely to imagine a space filled with…well…children. And indeed, many of the families that stay at The Inn are there for the care of school-aged children and teenagers. But The Inn provides “a place like home” not just for children and teens, but also for […]

  5. Field Trip Provides Inn Families a Chance to Explore DC

    Posted by on June 28, 2022 in | No Comments

    Walk around the National Mall any day and you will see tourists converging on Washington, D.C. from all over the world. Earlier this summer, that included families from The Children’s Inn at NIH, many of whom were getting their first looks at the well-known monuments and landmarks of the District after months staying just outside […]

  6. Through Sickness and Isolation, Noah Finds Her Purpose

    Posted by on April 27, 2022 in | No Comments

    Noah reads War and Peace, one of her favorite novels The idea of experimental treatments can seem daunting, but for Noah and her mother, Gisela, the trips to the NIH and The Children’s Inn were always welcome. “My mom and I call it our little vacation even though it’s not a vacation,” she laughed. “Staying there […]

  7. A Glimmer of Hope From The Great White North

    Posted by on March 18, 2022 in | No Comments

    When Abbigail was around eighteen months old, she became very sick.  For six weeks, she was diagnosed with different illnesses. The doctors kept telling her parents, Shawn and Erin, that she most likely contracted what they described as ‘childhood viruses’ from daycare. However, things continued to get progressively worse. Abbigail stopped eating and drinking. She began to experience daily fevers that would disappear […]

  8. A Clinical Trial and Your Caring Heart Mean Everything to Terran and Her Family

    Posted by on October 26, 2020 in | No Comments

    When Terran, 14, passed out in school, an ambulance took her to the hospital. Scans revealed two large blood clots in her lungs and a large tumor in her abdomen. Her diagnosis of mesothelioma came as a shock—not just because the cancer is rare but because it typically affects older adults, mostly men, who have been exposed […]

  9. Without You and NIH, Parys Might Not Live Into Adulthood

    Posted by on January 10, 2020 in | No Comments

    When their pediatrician dismissed Parys’ worried parents’ concerns over their 4-month-old daughter’s health issues as mere “sensitivities,” Parys’ mom took her daughter to the hospital in their hometown of San Diego to look for answers. Tests proved Parys’ parents were right to be concerned. “Doctors found that she has some immune deficiency, but they didn’t […]

  10. A Cure for Emi’s Life-Threatening Disease

    Posted by on December 4, 2019 in | No Comments

    One Texas family has lots to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Their daughter, now 13, is doing well after undergoing a hematopoietic stem cell transplant – the only chance for a cure for her rare and deadly disease. “We’re overwhelmed with gratitude,” Emi’s mom, Katie Ballard of Longview, Texas, says. “We’re grateful for the doctors […]