Camren Offenberger is a bit of a celebrity in his hometown. A big fan of Ohio’s winningest football team, the Massillon Tigers, he served as the team’s honorary captain from 2017-2019 from ages 7 to 9. Now 13 years old and a 7th grader at Massillon Jr. High School, Camren is getting ready to launch […]
Akron Children’s among top pediatric hospitals in Newsweek list
Akron Children’s Hospital has been named one of the top pediatric medical centers in the world for the second year in a row, according to Newsweek’s World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2023 rankings. Akron Children’s ranked 22nd among the best pediatric hospitals worldwide. There were 200 pediatric hospitals included in the rankings. “It’s an honor to […]
UA senior spends summer doing research alongside doctors who saved his life 4 years ago
As a member of Akron Children’s Hospital’s Summer Pediatric Research Scholars Program, Shem Miller spent his summer rounding with doctors and working on a research project in the PICU. He’ll be graduating college and plans a health care career. Quite the difference from four years ago, when he arrived at this same hospital by helicopter […]
Hirschbecks deliver holiday magic to Palliative Care families
Any positive break from the routine is welcomed for Traci Fraelich. The single mother from Newton Falls has been the primary caregiver for daughter Ella Marquette, 10, since she was born with a structural abnormality in her brain. “When you’re at home and isolated and doing complex medical care for your child 24/7, you feel […]
Quick action by neurosurgeons, OR with latest technology help put 4-year-old with brain tumor on the road to recovery
In just a matter of weeks, Jamie Mariol and Ronnie Hitchings, of Massillon, went from having mild concern about their 4-year-old daughter, Raven, not using her left hand as she typically did, to learning she had a golf-ball size brain tumor. Before they could process this “deer in the headlights moment,” as Jamie called it, […]
Mikalyn has bravely survived 6 brain surgeries – just don’t call her a ‘tough cookie’
Spending the night in the hospital is not how many 11-year-old girls would want to spend their holiday break from school, but Mikalyn “Mika” Dado didn’t mind. With a well-loved blanket and a cuddly monkey named Georgie, she was planning to watch movies with her mom, enjoy popcorn and milkshakes, and post a few TikTok […]
