My Children's Story What's your story? Perhaps you are a former Children's patient who received extraordinary care as a child. Or maybe you're a family member who created a close bond with one of our many nurses, doctors, or other staff during your child's stay at Children's. Whatever the connection, we all have a Children's story. To read some of these tales, see the featured stories below or search the story archives. All stories will be reviewed before they are posted on the site. If your story meets all of our guidelines, it will appear on our site. For more information on how to tell a story, check out our Story Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions. I’m ready to share my Children's story

Annika's Story Adrienne, Kurt, and Annika Lindberg share their Children's story.

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Featured Stories

Born early, today Ryan is a healthy, very active first grader
Ryan’s Story
By Anna
Amery, WI

Ryan is my first born. What an experience!! It was the scariest time of my life. I was a new mom, with this new baby, that I could only hold once a day for 15 minutes, and he was so tiny and fragile. But he was beautiful.

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Thankful to share our story
Ashley’s Story
By John
Wyoming, MN

In November 1983 my daughter Ashley was born at Children’s Hospital in St. Paul. She was 1 lb 10 oz when born. She was given 20% chance to live we were told. She spent 3 months in an incubator in the I.C.U. We were very young parents; I was 20, her mother was 18.

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Find comfort and hope that Children's is on your side, providing the best care for your child and family
Emily’s Story
By Debbie
Princeton, MN

Emily was born 5-1/2 weeks early in September 1988. Born with a diaphragmatic hernia, she was transferred to Minneapolis Children's when she was 1 hour old. At 4 hours of age, she was in surgery to repair the hernia. The surgery was successful at the capable hands of Children's staff.

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Thankful for my little sister
Shelby’s Story
By Chelsea

My sister Shelby was born at Children’s Hospital eleven and half years ago. She was born with three holes in her heart, ventricles crossed, and scoliosis. As an older sister 10 years her senior, I could not ask for a better place for her to be taken care of. Her doctors have been amazing and made her life amazing as well.

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Coming out smiling after challenges with chronic neutropenia
Mary's Story
New Prague, MN

Mary started out as a great baby, nothing out of the ordinary during the first 3 years. At 3 ½, her dad and I were going in for our regular dental check up, so we thought we'd bring her along. It was the first week of January; she sat in the dental chair all by herself. Then the dentist says to us he has never in his dental career seen such bad gingivitis on a person so young

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Two daughters with Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) and smiling faces
Ayden's Story
By Kaci
Sheffield, IA

It all started in 1997 when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. In my hometown they noticed a defect possibly in her heart. I saw Dr. Singh of Children's Heart Clinic while still pregnant and it was agreed that she had ASD.

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