When it looked like her baby might be born after midnight, Da'Zheonna Moffett hoped she would be the first to deliver on New Year's Day at Memorial Hospital. She was thrilled to learn De'Arra was the first baby of the year and the decade not only...
Did you know I was there? I was just another voice getting report and gathering all information so I would know more about you. Did you hear the marker on the white board spell out my name? I greeted you in a comforting voice. I hope it wasn't too...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_single_image image="39184" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Every year, in the month or so between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a conference room at the Ronald McDonald House Charities ® of Michiana becomes a winter wonderland. Hundreds of toys and other gifts fill up...
Reana Bujalski remembers the kindness of Beacon Children’s Hospital’s music therapist on one of the darkest days of her life. [caption id="attachment_39151" align="alignleft" width="261"] From left: Nicoli, holding a bear in memory of his brother, Jacob; Adam, Reana, John, Aidan and Charlotte.[/caption] After delivering triplets more than...
Beacon Health System has partnered with the 525 Foundation to place “Drop 2 Stop” boxes for unwanted prescriptions and over-the-counter medications at Community Hospital of Bremen, Elkhart General Hospital and Memorial Hospital of South Bend. The new co-branded drop boxes were unveiled on Tuesday at each...
The exceptional care mothers and babies receive at Beacon Children’s Hospital and Memorial Hospital of South Bend has been validated by the Indiana State Department of Health by earning Level of Care III certification for neonatal intensive care and obstetrics. [caption id="attachment_39029" align="alignleft" width="523"] Beacon Children's...
Colorful ribbons hang from a redbud tree that is planted on the patio of the Beacon Children's NICU. The branches of this tree, which are attached to a heart-shaped frame, contain the names of babies who have been cared for Beacon Children's Hospital team. "The tree...
The Beacon Children's NICU team has long encouraged parents to cuddle skin-to-skin with their babies because of the positive effects researchers have found it has in those infants years later. Couplet care rooms that keep moms and babies together from the start have prompted more parents...
Kristen Rice and Aaron Allen had been planning their wedding since the summer of 2018. But when Kristen Rice's water broke just three weeks before their big day, and doctors placed her on bed-rest for the remainder of her pregnancy, they knew there was only one...
