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A few years ago, just weeks after Laney Jane Culpepper’s third birthday, her daycare teachers noticed something was wrong. Laney wasn’t acting right. She seemed tired, and she was having trouble walking. Laney’s parents took her to the pediatrician, but the doctor said she looked healthy. On a hunch, her mother persisted and requested that the doc do some additional blood work. And that’s when they discovered that, at just 3 years old, Laney had a rare genetic kidney disorder that threatened her young life.

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Where Kids Soar and Hope is Real: Oklahoma Children’s Hospital

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Laney’s only hope was a transplant. But the only donor who could be found was her 30-year-old uncle, who’s adult kidney was a bit big for Laney’s body. Fortunately, Laney had come to Oklahoma Children’s Hospital, where cutting edge treatments and procedures are performed every day. Using a state-of-the-art robot, surgeons were able to perform the first robot-assisted kidney transplant surgery in the state’s history. They also saved Laney’s life.

Whether it’s an emergency kidney transplant, open-heart surgery, or specialized treatment for children’s diabetes, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital is the region’s trusted healthcare provider for all children. It’s the only hospital to receive the Oklahoma Spotlight Hospital Award all five years that the award has been presented. It’s also the state’s lone dedicated, free-standing children’s hospital, offering expertise in children’s cardiology, neurology, oncology, gastroenterology, and surgery. And along with cutting-edge equipment, medicines, treatments, and procedures, Children’s is built on a cohesive multidisciplinary team of 573 pediatric physicians, specialists, and staff whose sole focus is delivering the best care for the children of Oklahoma.

Home to Oklahoma City’s only 24/7 pediatric emergency room.

This care starts at before, during, and right after birth. The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Children’s provides the highest level of newborn care to the entire region. Children’s is a regional referral center and can also accommodate parents who can’t stay in their own homes during their child’s treatment. The NICU specializes in the most advanced technologies, like special ventilation and inhaled nitric oxide therapy, as well as round-the-clock neonatology care and rooms with cameras for family members who are unable to stay at the hospital. Children’s is also home to Oklahoma City’s only 24-7 pediatric emergency room, which takes in around 45,000 kids a year. Children’s features certified Child Life Specialists as part of the largest Child Life support program in the state. The program offers music and art therapy, a play zone, gaming, school programs and features a therapy dog program, all of which help families cope with hospitalization and illness, circumstances that can make a child feel overwhelmed. The hospital is also at the forefront of clinical trials for children’s cancer and diabetes, and should you choose to have your child participate in a trial, they will not only be receiving innovative treatments for their own condition but helping further discoveries that help other children in the future.

Resources like pet therapy and Certified Child Life specialists help families cope with hospitalizations and illness.

Children’s offers a family-centered approach to care, with comfort being a top priority inside a whole building devoted entirely to children. Kids are encouraged to be themselves at Children’s Hospital, including decorating the rooms however their creativity strikes, including the allowance to bring some of their favorite items from home. Families can also try to make themselves at home during their child’s treatment by watching TV or reading or taking naps in the Ronald McDonald Family Room, a 2,000-square foot space on the sixth floor of the hospital that also includes showers and a place for your laundry and a kitchen. Our children are precious to us, and when a medical emergency befalls them, there is nothing more tragic. For parents and families in and around Oklahoma, it’s comforting to know that Oklahoma Children’s is here to protect them, care for them, and help them soar into a healthy future.

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