04/01/2026
Durham family turns leukemia journey into mission to house pediatric patients’ families
By Jennifer Fernandez On the days she didn’t need to be hospitalized while being treated for leukemia, 8-year-old Harper Harrell was able to go home and sleep in her own bed. Duke Children’s Hospital is just 1.9 miles from her family’s home in Durham. Harper Harrell was 8 years old when she learned she had leukemia. Her home is just an 11-minute drive from Duke Children’s Hospital, where she received treatment for more than two years....
By Jennifer Fernandez On the days she didn’t need to be hospitalized while being treated for leukemia, 8-year-old Harper Harrell was able to go home and sleep in her own bed. Duke Children’s Hospit…