When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to derail a scheduled checkup at CHOP’s Pediatric Thyroid Center, this family’s medical journey became a cross-country adventure.

Research ingenuity — and a little help from four-legged friends — promise breakthroughs in testing for COVID-19.

For the students and staff at Groveland Elementary School in Doylestown, Pa., participating in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s annual Pajama Day fundraiser every year is not only a chance to be extra cozy at school, it’s also an opportunity to support a cause near and dear to their hearts.

After twice overcoming cancer as a young child, Ruby is thriving in college, playing wheelchair basketball and planning for her future.

Avery, 6, has been treated at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for seizures since she was a baby. She is one of the first patients to benefit from CHOP’s new multidisciplinary CDKL5 Clinic.

Before Zylah was even born, she received a miraculous birthday gift. It wasn’t a frilly dress or a pretty doll, but a heart procedure developed for extremely premature babies, just like her.

After a long journey to overcome giant omphalocele, a life-threatening birth defect, Emma is thriving.

In the face of limited funding, the Lindbergs are fiercely determined to support pediatric neuroblastoma research.

Mila didn’t survive surgery for complications of her rare genetic disease, which also caused extremely high blood pressure. Her parents are determined to find new options.

As an infant, Owen needed three open-heart surgeries. As a teen, he needed a new kidney — which his mother donated.