Author Archives: Mary Jo Gurule

Helping Children Cope

April 20, 2011 – 9:15 am
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In Their Own Words - Kennedy Goodwin's Story

April 19, 2011 – 10:00 am

“My daughter, Kennedy, had orthopedic surgery on her rib cage/spine in June of 2007.  She was the first patient at WakeMed to have the newly approved VEPTR surgery to stretch her rib cage and help with scoliosis. Anticipating severe pain, the decision was made to leave her sedated and on the ventilator for 3 days [...]

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In Their Own Words - Josef Bruce's Story

April 7, 2011 – 2:00 pm

“My son Josef was born on July 2nd, 2007, 15 weeks premature weighing in at 1lb 7oz. He spent 100 days in the NICU. His stay there had many ups and down, a roller coaster ride to say the least but during that time he got the most amazing care and I met some of [...]

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In Their Own Words - Katie Rowley's Story

April 1, 2011 – 8:29 am

“It was 11 years ago on January 25, 2000 that I gave birth to triplet girls at 24 weeks. I had already been in the hospital for a 1 week trying to stop early labor. On the morning of January 25, during a snowstorm I went into labor. This was my first time being pregnant [...]

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Supper Club Benefit Dinner at Zely & Ritz

March 4, 2011 – 9:26 am

A private, gourmet 4-course dinner, paired with hand-crafted local beers will be held on March 22 at Zely & Ritz in Raleigh as a benefit for the WakeMed Children’s Hospital. Menu You won’t want to miss out on this exclusive evening of great food, good company, and delicious beer!  Seating is limited, so be sure to register [...]

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Auto Expo – Door Prize Winners!

February 25, 2011 – 12:55 pm

Thank you to everyone that stopped by to visit the WakeMed Foundation Booth and register for door prizes!  The final tally is in and we are very excited to announce that the winners are: $15 Applebees Gift Card – Charles Chrismon, Smithfield, NC $15 Applebees Gift Card – Laura Raun, Garner, NC $25 Hibernian Gift [...]

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Winter Chill Tennis Warmed Hearts

February 25, 2011 – 12:48 pm

This year’s Winter Chill Tennis Challenge was a great success!  A large turnout of both adults and children made for an evening of great company and friendly competition. The evening began with a cardio tennis warm up, which got everyone’s blood pumping! A presentation by Dr. Sharon Foster, Jack Radford, Dr. Mark Piehl, and Dr. Tara Bastek about [...]

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Interactive Game Added In Children’s Emergency Department

February 23, 2011 – 1:31 pm

A new interactive virtual gaming system was recently installed in the WakeMed Children’s Emergency Department, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Carolina Hurricanes Kids ‘N Community Foundation. The EyeStep game system projects an interactive image on the floor and the system responds to movement detected in the displayed area by changing the images, animation, video and [...]

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Children Enjoy Twinkle Corn Hole Game

February 21, 2011 – 8:53 am

Check out a short video on our Facebook page of the kids playing the Twinkle corn hole game at the 2011 NC International Auto Expo.

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Auto Expo Brings Out Children of All Ages

February 20, 2011 – 3:23 pm

This year’s NC International Auto Expo, hosted by the Wake County New Vehicles Dealers Association, brought over 120,000 people out to the NC State Fairgrounds last weekend!  Visitors of all ages were not only able to see new models of cars, they were able to sit in them and test out the fit.  Young and old [...]

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