Breaking barriers: Kaili dares to dance
Meet Kaili, a spirited senior in high school who has an unmatched love for dance. Kaili has spina bifida, a birth defect where the baby’s
November 14, 2024
Tag: NICU – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Families as Partners – Bailee’s family gives back
Bailee shares her family’s Children’s Minnesota story and shares more about her involvement in our Families as Partners program.
November 8, 2024
Children’s Minnesota tiniest babies celebrate their first Halloween in style
The tiniest babies at Children’s Minnesota dressed up in costume for their first Halloween. Babies in the neonatal intensive care units (NICU) across the metro
October 30, 2024
Life-saving care in one place: identical twins beat the odds
Erin and Andy Cramer were overjoyed to discover they were expecting twins. But their excitement quickly turned to concern when they received a life-threatening diagnosis
October 17, 2024
A decade later: former NICU family reunites with the nurses who cared for them
When Kimmy went into labor at just 23 weeks and 2 days, their future felt scary and uncertain. Through Johnathon’s 150-day stay in the NICU,
October 3, 2024
Baby Bennett’s 190-mile lifesaving journey
When Brookelyn and David were expecting their first baby, they were just like other parents. The family from Deer River, Minnesota was eager for their
July 24, 2024
Ten years later, premature twins born at 24 weeks are thriving
Twins Rania and Amina are “nothing short of a miracle.” While the journey to the twins’ birth had its ups and downs, the twins are
July 24, 2024
‘Vincent is a miracle’: Toddler thrives after treatment using cutting-edge ‘heart and lung machine’
As a baby, Vincent required life support to survive using a special machine called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
April 30, 2024
Santiago’s fetal spina bifida repair procedure, the 100th performed at the Midwest Fetal Care Center
Baby Santiago’s delicate in-utero spina bifida repair procedure was the 100th performed at the Midwest Fetal Care Center, a collaboration between Allina Health and Children’s
April 30, 2024
