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'He went limp and sank' - Nurse saves the life of drowning boy
Without a sound, the 5-year-old boy was drowning. He couldn’t yell for help because his head was underwater. He didn’t struggle. He didn’t splash. Only his hands, waving softly, broke the surface 30 yards from shore.
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Moms choose Tacoma General for highest level of NICU baby care
Baby Jadelynn, pictured above, weighed 1 pound, 10 ounces when she was born at 24 weeks. Only one Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Tacoma is certified to care for all premature and critically ill newborns like Jadelynn, no matter how small their size or how complex their condition. That’s why mothers who want the highest level of NICU care for their baby in Tacoma choose the NICU at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital.
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MultiCare leading the way with low-dose CT scans for kids, adults
Anytime a TV talk show highlights the benefits of low-dose radiation CT scans, the phones starts ringing inside the medical imaging department that serves Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Tacoma General Hospital. The most common question: “When my child was scanned recently, was it on the low-dose machine?” If they brought their child to Mary Bridge, parents don’t have to worry.
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Dale Chihuly visits Mary Bridge to see Hilltop Artists glass work
Dale Chihuly, the world-renowned glass artist and Tacoma native, visited MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital on Wednesday to check out the new glass art installation created by the Hilltop Artists program. "Beautiful," Chihuly said. "Nice work."
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RN was once Mary Bridge patient, with same view of Frisko Freeze
Frisko Freeze, the iconic Tacoma hamburger stand, is the dominant view from Karla Jo Tupper’s office window at the Mary Bridge Health Center. It’s the same view she had 38 years ago as a child, when she was rushed to Mary Bridge for emergency surgery that saved her life.
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Learn about 'Angelina Jolie' genetic test for breast cancer risk
A genetic test that helped Angelina Jolie opt for a preventive double mastectomy can be ordered locally through the MultiCare Genomics Institute and the MultiCare Regional Cancer Center.
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To heal fast, busy mom with MS chooses robotic surgery in Tacoma
With three young children waiting at home, Janelle Winstead didn’t have time for a long recovery after surgery. So when her gallbladder needed to be removed, the Tacoma mother was thankful she had the option to choose daVinci robotic surgery by Dr. James Rifenbery just down the street at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma, Wash.
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MultiCare Profiles: Child Life Specialists help comfort kids
To highlight the work of the Certified Child Life Specialists at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center, we asked them why they love helping young patients.
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Children's Therapy Unit to benefit from Northwest Corks & Crush
The young patients might not realize it while they're throwing a ball or pedaling a tricycle, but their treatment-disguised-as-play is truly the result of a team effort. Now you can support their team just by attending Northwest Corks & Crush.
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Child psychologist offers 5 ways to help kids process tragedy
Children may feel anxiety if they hear people talking about the explosions at the Boston Marathon, or see graphic images or media coverage. For advice about how to talk to kids and help them express their feelings, we turned to Bob Beilke, Ph.D., a pediatric and clinical child psychologist who has worked for 21 years at Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Tacoma, Wash.
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Students with Hilltop Artists install glass art at Mary Bridge
Drop by drop, one glass sphere at a time, waves of color illuminated the sky and washed away the gray. Inside two newly built skybridges at MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, students with the Hilltop Artists program carefully filled floor-to-ceiling windows with more than 1,500 hand-blown glass floats.
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10 tips to manage seasonal allergies in the Pacific Northwest
Seasonal allergies have brought runny noses and itchy eyes to Western Washington. To find relief, we sought tips from Dr. Lawrence Larson, a board-certified allergy/immunology specialist.
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For kids in oncology clinic, tokens are a carrot for every stick
This is 6-year-old Cole Vukich. He earned this token today at the hematology/oncology clinic at the Mary Bridge Health Center. To earn a token, "I have to get a poke," Cole explained.
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Boy at Mary Bridge sends get-well message to his friend, a tiger
A tiger cub who is recovering from a critical illness received a note of encouragement this week from another young patient who knows what it's like to go through multiple medical procedures. “I was diagnosed with leukemia the same week that Berani was born,” said 8-year-old Paul Dawkins as he explained his special connection with the 6-month-old tiger.
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Vintage TG: Newborn wears 1981 T-shirt her mom received as a baby
The tiny pink T-shirt is more than 30 years old, yet the baby wearing it is brand new. Violet Magnolia Shamp was born with a flair for vintage fashion. When she arrived Feb. 4 at the Family Birth Center at MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital, her parents dressed her in a 1981 Tacoma General T-shirt originally worn by Violet's mother, Martha, when she was born at the hospital.
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