Children's says goodbye to the pioneering Play Lady

If you visit Myra Fox, the director of Child Life Services, in her office in the basement of the Wolbach building, you'll see a room that chronicles a 44-year career that helped bring the field of Child Life into prominence and changed Children's Hospital Boston in fundamental ways. The walls are covered with photos and awards. The floor is dotted with boxes filled with stuffed animals and other toys that she gives to patients, parents and staff alike. And her desk is covered with hand-drawn thank-you notes from some of the tens of thousands of families who have had their lives touched in some way by this singular woman. ... More

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National Brain Tumor Awareness Week: A patient shares her story | Katharine "Kit" Bryant is one of the oldest surviving brain tumor patients to be treated at Children's Hospital Boston. She's 77 years old, but still remembers the "play ladies," the Prouty garden and the doctor that saved her life: Franc Ingraham, MD, former neurosurgeon-in-chief.

Employee of the month | Congratulations to Roberta Hoffman, MSW, a social worker in the Hemodialysis Unit, who's been selected as Children's Hospital Boston's Employee of the Month for May.

An intense ride with the Critical Care Transport Team | It was a typical February for the Transport Team. Respiratory syncytial virus season was in full swing and transport requests kept us busy. It was approaching the middle of the night when our pagers went off.