The Nayamin Family
The Nayamin Family from Lower Kalskag, Alaska: One Visit, 416 Nights When six-year-old Bernard started getting dizzy, his parents Grace and Randy thought his illness may have something to do with the water. Living along a remote stretch of the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska, the concerned parents traveled to the town of Bethel where […]
The Hansen Family
The Hansen Family from Grants Pass, Oregon: Four Visits, 68 Nights It was a chilly Friday when 10-year-old Shelby came to her parents, Leianna and Ray, and said she didn’t feel well. When she pointed toward her appendix, Leianna poked around and felt a lump. Within an hour of arriving at the hospital, her pediatrician […]
The Delgado Family
The Delgado Family from Goldendale, Washington: One Visit, 133 Nights When Lesli went to a routine doctor’s appointment at 24 weeks pregnant, she never imagined that hours later she would give birth, and that she and her baby would end up in different states both fighting for their lives. At only one pound, two ounces, […]
The Cave Family
The Cave Family from Turner, Oregon: 52 Visits, 52 Nights When Kala’s two-and-a-half-year-old son Bentley kept getting sick, she knew that something wasn’t right. “Call it a mother’s intuition,” Kala said, “but I knew something was seriously wrong.” She took her son to his local doctor and an hour after they drew his blood, her doctor called […]
The Hardwick Family
The Hardwick Family from Otis, Oregon: Five Visits, 14 Nights “We spent 40 days and 40 nights – which sounds like a joke, but believe me, it wasn’t – at Randall Children’s Hospital. They try very hard to make it a comfortable and welcoming place, and they do a good job, but it’s still a hospital,” […]