McLane Children's Medical Center Archives

Elizabeth Smart puts spotlight on child abuse, survival

Community Involvement, Family / By Angel Sierra / May 1, 2018 May 2, 2018

Elizabeth Smart was the keynote speaker at this year’s Texans Fostering Community Enrichment Conference, a collaboration between Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center and several community organizations. At the conference, Elizabeth spoke to foster parents, social workers, case managers, healthcare providers, child protective services and law enforcement. During her speech, she shared her …

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Meet Lorenzo, the new facility dog at McLane Children’s

Pediatrics / By Baylor Scott & White Health / March 29, 2018 April 25, 2018

A new four-legged friend now walks the halls and the campus of Baylor Scott & White McLane Children’s Medical Center — Lorenzo, the hospital’s new facility dog. Lorenzo, a two-year-old Labrador Retriever mix, is the first Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) highly trained assistance dog to serve in a Texas-based children’s hospital. After extensive training and …

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Ted D. Bear, the doctor will see you now

Pediatrics / By Grace Glausier / July 26, 2017 July 31, 2017

Remember your favorite stuffed animal as a kid? Like most children, you were probably inseparable. Children have a special bond with their stuffed animals. They become best friends, take them on adventures, sleep with them every night — and now, they even bring them to the hospital for surgery. That’s right, stuffed animals get sick …

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For Luke Edmunds’ Star Wars wish, the force is strong

Cancer, Pediatrics / By Deontrea Jones / January 15, 2016 January 25, 2017

Compassionate care, it’s a term you often hear, but what does it really look like? It comes in many forms and through acts of random kindness. It takes an individual or individuals being conscious of others’ suffering or misfortune, but instead of just watching, you want to do something. Imagine being stuck in a hospital …

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Pediatric care takes flight due to local company

Pediatrics / By Guest Contributor / August 9, 2011 January 25, 2017

Holly Orsag did everything she could to prepare for a healthy delivery of her baby boy in 2007. When Landon arrived, however, he was 14 weeks early and weighed just 30 ounces. It was critical that he be immediately transferred from the hospital where he was born to the Children’s Hospital at Scott & White, …

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Get out the vote; help land $250,000 grant for Children’s Hospital

Community Involvement / By Scott Clark / December 6, 2010 January 25, 2017

You can help the Children’s Hospital at Scott & White raise $250,000 through the Pepsi Refresh Project. It is very easy, and a way to help raise a lot of money to provide special equipment for a new pediatric operating room in the new pediatric hospital. Voting is easy and you can even use your …

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