Samantha Bachochin of Austintown has been on quite a journey with Akron Children’s: patient, volunteer, mentee, employee. If things work out as she plans – becoming a pathologist – she’ll work for Akron Children’s her whole life. Samantha becomes a volunteer As a premedicine student at Youngstown State University (YSU), Samantha wanted to volunteer at […]
Akron Children’s Bowel Management Clinic helps 8-year-old manage bowel condition
When Lindsey Costain was pregnant with her daughter McKenzie in 2016, everything seemed normal –until a failed stress test at 7½ months led to a referral to Akron Children’s Maternal Fetal Medicine department at Aultman Hospital. “I was scared because they thought the baby only had one kidney,” said Lindsey. Though unsettling, doctors reassured […]
Employees work to reduce the hospital’s environmental impact
Sustainability efforts at Akron Children’s are about more than just being good stewards of the hospital’s resources. They’re also about ensuring a bright, healthy future for the pediatric population that we serve. “Our employees have led different initiatives over the years that have really made an impact on reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions at […]
Minerva teen learns mysterious cause of his intense pain is slipping rib syndrome
Parker Linkous,16, was a typical, active, happy high school student, juggling classes and three sports at Minerva High School. But life changed in November 2024 rather suddenly when he began experiencing a mysterious pain in his torso while playing basketball. Before long, the pain began to consume his every waking moment. “It felt like […]
Baby Rula heads home for Christmas
It was Nov. 12 when little Rula Robinson was being discharged from Akron Children’s but already Christmas was on everyone’s mind. Rula had been in the hospital 238 days, but she would be home for Christmas. She would be with mom and dad, Sydney and Patrick, and her three big sisters – Arabella, Theia […]
Lauren Armstrong makes surgery less stressful for patients and families
As a child life specialist at Akron Children’s Outpatient Surgery Center in Beachwood, Lauren Armstrong helps patients and their families cope before, during and after a surgical procedure. By using terminology that children can understand, as well as medical play with some of the equipment that will be used, Lauren makes a child’s surgery less […]
