In his first months of life, Caden Jacobson slept a lot more than his mother, Amanda, thought was normal. He mostly ate and slept, and he wasn’t growing much either. A first-grade teacher from Wooster, Amanda knew something was not right. Numerous trips to doctors didn’t point to any medical causes for Caden’s lethargy. But […]
Archives for February 2019
Karen Ingram hangs up her hat after 40 years
Perhaps best known as Miss Karen, a moniker she earned for the clothes lending closet she was instrumental in opening in 2014, Karen Ingram is set to retire on Feb. 22 after 40 years of service to Akron Children’s. Currently the longest-serving patient service representative in Locust Pediatric Care Group, she was recently named the […]
Teacher touches the lives of 2 brothers who both needed new kidneys
Brothers Jeremiah and Solomon Hubbs inherited a disease called Alport syndrome that caused their kidneys to fail. Both were on dialysis in recent years, and both would need a kidney transplant. In 2016, the Hubbs family had moved from Cleveland to Medina to be closer to Akron Children’s Hospital. At Buckeye High School, Jeremiah’s new […]
New pediatric anesthesiologist Dr. Tarun Bhalla performs tiny ‘miracles’ on a daily basis
If it weren’t for a successful career as a physician, Dr. Tarun Bhalla would be a magician. Lucky for him, he likens his role to performing magic: “Once families realize what we do and how we do it,” he said, “the connotation of anesthesia can be compared to an illusion or even hypnosis.” As Akron […]
Mom was ‘tidying up’ Marie Kondo style but just couldn’t pitch a 16-year-old business card linked to her son’s NICU stay
Christine Sicker was doing Marie Kondo proud. Inspired to clean her house and organize her closets and drawers according to advice from Kondo, the bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, and now the inspiration for a hit Netflix series, Christine was organizing and folding clothes according to the KonMari technique. But, in […]
Hospital operator Reva Golden inspired by Harriet Tubman performance
Reva Golden thought she knew about Harriet Tubman. But now that she’s portrayed her on stage, this Akron Children’s Hospital operator is intensely aware of Tubman’s amazing story of strength and fortitude. “She only stood 4 feet but she was a dynamite in what she did,” Golden said. “She was a military nurse and a […]
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