Rebecca “Becca” Campbell couldn’t wait to celebrate her 13th birthday. She had big plans to celebrate. After all, she had just won the fight against stage 4 ovarian cancer. Becca’s birthday celebration quickly became less about her and more about how she could give back to other young people who are now battling for their…
Your toddler is cranky and not her usual sweet self. She’s had her nap, so she can’t be tired. Suddenly she tugs at her ear and you think, “Oh, no, not another ear infection. Why is this happening again?” Ear infections are caused by bacteria or viruses entering the middle ear through the eustachian tube….
Eye poisonings are plaguing Kentucky families and, without proper treatment, these injuries can have devastating effects. Last year the Kentucky Poison Control Center received nearly 2,000 calls about Kentuckians getting chemicals in their eyes. Experts estimate that’s only a fraction of eye splashes, as many people look up treatment information online or go straight to…
Norton Children’s Hospital is expanding to improve critical care services for children and grow its family-centered approach to treating the region’s sickest kids. Norton Healthcare announced plans to invest $78.3 million to create the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) and renovate the “Just for Kids” Critical Care Center and two of the neonatal…
It was spring of 1985 when 14-year-old Maria appeared in the Norton Children’s Hospital burn unit. She’d been flown to Louisville from Ecuador and she really needed help. More than a third of her body had been torched — for an unknown reason she had put gasoline in her hair and walked by an open…
UPDATE: Thank you for your interest. We’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support and have far more applications than we have openings. We’re forced to end the application period early. Thank you again.
My family and friends will tell you the one word that describes me is “planner.” In the last year, three little miracles have shown me plans don’t always go as you want. Over 10 years ago I met a guy. We became friends, and I soon knew he was the one. Before we married we…
Upon introduction, Katie Savage seems shy and curious. However, the 10-year-old’s larger-than-life personality can only be contained for a few short moments. “Katie is a very active fourth-grader,” her mother, Beth, said proudly with Katie’s dad, Mike, at her side. “She is a very active Girl Scout. She went zip lining and horseback riding. She’s…
Two-year-old Eian Wright-Strange has spent the better part of the past five months at Norton Children’s Hospital after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia last fall. But you’d never know his struggle just by spending time with him. Eian, who also has Down syndrome, can be seen walking the halls of the Addison Jo Blair…
In May 2016, 14 individuals and families were inducted into the 2016 class of the Wade Mountz Heritage Society, with gift commitments totaling $4.7 million. Established in 2008, the Wade Mountz Heritage Society recognizes donors who have made irrevocable planned gifts of $100,000 or more to support the mission and vision of Norton Healthcare’s adult-service…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 28, 2016) – Norton Healthcare today announced that the downtown children’s hospital that it has owned and operated for nearly 50 years will now be named “Norton Children’s Hospital.” The first children’s hospital opened in Louisville nearly 125 years ago under the name of Children’s Free Hospital. Over the years, the name…
Each summer, a group of BraveHearts, children who have undergone heart surgery or have a congenital heart defect treated at our children’s hospital, have an opportunity to attend a camp made just for them. The Norton Children’s Hospital Foundation provides financial support and medical staff to the Center for Courageous Kids to make this week…