Mayo Clinic Children’s Center

A Pediatric Intensive Care Unit team worked hard to fulfill the final wish of a young girl's family — saying goodbye to their daughter among the trees. Even through their grief, the family is grateful to the team for caring for all of them.

Mayo Clinic is committed to meeting patient needs, including their spiritual needs. For many Native American patients, that includes a healing ceremony called smudging. Valerie[...]

Soon after they welcomed their son to the world, Matti and Shlomi Kalman Hillel learned little Tom would need a heart transplant. Tom was airlifted[...]

Annley Wentz came into the world very early — and very small. She weighed less than two pounds when she was born and faced a[...]

Gabriel Ryan wasn't supposed to live. The Goodhue, Minnesota, toddler was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease before birth. The disorder is usually fatal. But young[...]

Child Life staff in Rochester have created an Amazon wish list with items to meet Child Life’s current needs. The program has made a big difference[...]

When an 18-month-old was found unresponsive in a pond, his parents feared the worst. Then doctors offered hope with a life-support measure called ECMO. On[...]

Young Kenedi Schoeneck was diagnosed at Mayo Clinic with Wilms' tumor, a rare type of kidney cancer. She and her sister, Tenley, chronicle Kenedi's experience[...]

A family's gratitude for the care provided to their young son led them to provide scholarships to pediatric nurses at Mayo Clinic for continuing education,[...]

Pediatric patients under the care of Elizabeth Stephens, M.D., Ph.D., may wake up from surgery with art on their chest. It all started when she[...]