Lacrosse is a rough sport, and no one knows that better than Lauren Pierce from Lake High School. In May 2024, she got a concussion from being hit in the head with a lacrosse ball. Months later, the concussion symptoms remained. “Female lacrosse players aren’t required to wear helmets, and most of us don’t,” Lauren […]
Quick action of Akron Children’s school nurse saves life of student
A lot of fate helped Jacob Burley on Dec. 17 when he collapsed in his school gym. For starters, he had fast-acting friends, teachers and a school nurse nearby trained in CPR and an AED on hand to help revive his arrested heart. Jacob, 14, an eighth grader at Crestview Local Middle School in […]
Baby Rula heads home for Christmas
It was Nov. 12 when little Rula Robinson was being discharged from Akron Children’s but already Christmas was on everyone’s mind. Rula had been in the hospital 238 days, but she would be home for Christmas. She would be with mom and dad, Sydney and Patrick, and her three big sisters – Arabella, Theia […]
Akron Children’s surgeon helps standout football player return to the field
Mason Moyer has had a senior high school year to remember – and it’s not even halfway over. The standout running back from Norwayne High School in Wayne County has wrapped up an achievement-filled football season despite suffering a fractured rib and partially-collapsed left lung at the start of his post season. Mason and his […]
Good Mourning Support Group helps four generations of family navigate grief
Since 2005, the Good Mourning Support Group at Akron Children’s has provided a compassionate space for children and families to navigate their grief together. According to the group’s facilitator, Nancy Carst, LISW-S, CT, who is also one of the hospital’s bereavement coordinators, “The program is designed to help children, and their parents and extended families, […]
Mother shares how bonds with Akron Children’s palliative care team lifted her family through their darkest days
When LaTisha Culler speaks of her late daughter Ayanna (Yanni), it’s easy for those who never met her to feel as if they know her intimately. “I used to call her my little ‘Punky Brewster,’” said LaTisha, a big fan of the TV show. “Yanni danced to her own tune, whatever she felt was right. […]
