Family Advocacy Day 2024: Patient Advocates
Family Advocacy Day is a critical piece of Children's Hospital Association's year-round advocacy. Bringing patients and their families to Capitol Hill increases awareness about the ongoing and essential care provided by children's hospitals across the country. Learn more about the event.
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Abby Moulton, 18
"My children's hospital is important to me because they care about me and make me feel special."
Hometown: Connelly Springs, NC
Insurance: Private
Diagnoses: Nutcracker syndrome, median arcuate ligament syndrome, hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome, Brugada syndrome, superior mesenteric artery syndrome, dysautonomia, mast cell activation syndrome, and Wolff-Parkinson White syndrome
Pediatric specialists: 16
Favorite activity: Reading -
Adam Criste, 5
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
My children's hospital is important to me because they appreciate children.
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Alicia Cherrier, 5
Boston Children's Hospital
My children's hospital helped my family find the answers and solutions we needed for my health.
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Amelia van der Merwe, 9
Children's Health, Dallas
My children's hospital helps kids in need like me.
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Angelo Ortiz, 14
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
My children's hospital has a specialist for my exact condition and is close to home.
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Anna Ives, 20
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
My children's hospital is always friendly and welcoming. Doctors and nurses help in any and all ways that they can.
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Anna Wakefield, 12
Children's Minnesota
My children's hospital helps me when I am sick and partners with me and my family to support my health.
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Anniyah Dixon, 18
Children's National Hospital
My children's hospital works to provide the best quality of life they can.
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Ben Burnett, 13
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
My children's hospital helped me recover from dark times and give me all my birthdays and the things I have today.
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Brooke Balck, 15
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
My children's hospital enabled me to live a life where I have no restrictions and can be a normal teenager.
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Cameron May, 2
Advocate Children's Hospital
My children's hospital coordinates and provides excellent care that allows me to grow and develop.
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Cameron Thackston, 17
Nemours Children's Hospital
My children's hospital was super helpful in my diagnosis and supporting me and moved quickly to support my care.
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Cami De Leon, 15
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital
My children's hospital helped me feel better.
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Canaan Evans, 22
UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital
My children's hospital helped me grow up and access the clinical trial that changed my life.
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Carina Yacovone Neves, 8
Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
My children's hospital treats me like a kid, not just a child with a certain illness.
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Caroline Archibald, 4
Children’s Wisconsin
My children's hospital provides top-notch care and support for me and my family.
