bring the magic
The magic of the season is found in the patients we care for, the team members who inspire us, and — of course — the donors who support us.
CHARLEY,
PATIENT
How Charley’s care team brought the magic
We tracked down 12 people, whose faces represent the web of support surrounding Charley, a pediatric kidney transplant patient at Children’s Health, as she endured years of dialysis treatments and two kidney transplants.
From nurses and child life specialists to clinical therapists and donors, our team members and generous supporters rally each winter season to bring hope for families in the hospital.
Because together, we can bring magic to kids.
a second chance at life: Charley receives her second kidney transplant two days before Christmas last year
Some transplanted organs can last for life. The kidney isn't one of them.
Charley and her family have known that ever since she was 2, when she received her first kidney transplant that saved her life.
Charley was born with one healthy kidney, and it took a few months for tests to reveal that her other kidney was not developing.
Sabrina Burnam, RN
NEPHROLOGY
Brooke Dungan
TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR
Chrishanna Hartford
PHLEBOTOMIST
Christian Gerken
NEPHROLOGY PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN
CHIEF OF PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION
Dev Desai, MD, PhD
Elizabeth Tekyi, RN
VASCULAR ACCESS
Karoline Radka
CHILD LIFE SPECIALIST
Kelsey Rogers
CLINICAL THERAPIST, SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT
Lucy Antony, RN
HEMODIALYSIS
PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGIST
Raymond Quigley, MD
Rebecca Hoo
KIDNEY DONOR
Rhyan Brown, APRN,
CPNP-PC
NEPHROLOGY NURSE PRACTITIONER