Children's Wisconsin

Children's Wisconsin We provide the best care for infants, children & teens, no matter how simple or complex the illness.
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Children’s Wisconsin is the region’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. Children’s Wisconsin provides primary care, specialty care, urgent care, emergency care, community health services, foster and adoption services, child and family counseling, child advocacy services and family resource centers.

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We created the Children’s Wi

sconsin page as a space to share the inspiring and encouraging stories of our patients, their families and our fans, allowing you a space to connect with other individuals who have experiences with or affinity for Children’s Wisconsin. In this spirit, we welcome your comments, praise and criticism. While we always monitor and reply to messages and comments, it bears repeating that we’re not legally allowed to discuss specific patients via Facebook. If you have questions regarding your child, it’s best to reach out to their doctor directly. Please understand that while we make every effort to respond on social media, some inquiries may require follow-up through another channel. And please don’t share your personal information on our page — this is a public space. If we are requesting contact information from you, we’ll encourage you to provide it via private message. Children’s Wisconsin Facebook Rules of Engagement

We won't remove your comment just because we don't like it. You are part of our community, and you deserve to be heard, even if your comment is critical of your experience with us. With that in mind, we have some simple rules that we’ll apply out of respect for others visiting our page, or those who we may feature in our stories.

1) No name-calling
If you disagree with someone, that’s fine. If you have a criticism of Children’s Wisconsin, we want to hear it as well. But we ask that that you respect each other, our patients, their families and our staff. That means not using vulgar language, not mocking appearances or name-calling other members of the page or those individuals featured in our posts. Out of respect for our employees and their privacy, we may also remove a post or comment that refers to them by their full first and last name.

2) No profanity
We recognize that there’s a fairly broad definition of “profanity,” so we ask that you consider your words in the mindset of whether or not what you say is appropriate to be said around a child. If not, please reconsider posting.

3) No advertising or spam content
If you have something to sell, provide services or want a job, that's for your own page, not ours. Spam, whether to advertise or simply repeat any message multiple times on our Facebook wall, is also prohibited.

4) No copy and paste posting
If you keep posting the same thing (or a variant of the same thing), whether as a post or as a comment, we reserve the right to hide or delete duplicates. This includes efforts to cover messages or opinions of those with who you don’t agree with.

5) No misinformation
We view content posted on our page as a representation of our organization and ultimately our medical perspective, which extends to the comments and posts by our community members. For that reason, we may remove posts that contain misinformation as it relates to medical topics such as – but not limited to – vaccinations, COVID-19, community services and more. Actions we may take

1) On Reviews
We will request Facebook remove reviews from individuals who are not reviewing their own experience with our organization. Just because you have a bad experience and share it in a review does not mean we will request it be removed. We want to hear the bad reviews as much as we want to hear the good ones — we need to know when we’re falling short of our standards. That always matters to us.

2) On posts and comments
We reserve the right to delete posts or comments that violate these rules of engagement, and to block users who repeatedly violate them, or otherwise abuse the forum of the Children’s Wisconsin page.

3) Banning/blocking
As mentioned earlier, we may resort to banning individuals from our page should they continue to engage in toxic, inappropriate content as outlined in these rules.

04/29/2026

Every hello at the door. Every meal delivered. Every test result. Every safe ride. The moments that shape your child's experience here at Children's Wisconsin aren't just happening at the bedside — they're happening everywhere, with every member of our team.

Today and every day, we're celebrating the people behind each one of those moments. Thank you for trusting us with your family 💙.

Meet Lexi—a fearless and spunky 13-year-old with a brand a new heart. 💙It started with dizziness on the basketball court...
04/28/2026

Meet Lexi—a fearless and spunky 13-year-old with a brand a new heart. 💙

It started with dizziness on the basketball court. Testing revealed Lexi had restrictive cardiomyopathy—a hardening of the heart. She needed a heart transplant.

Lexi and her family began frequently traveling from their home in Northwest Wisconsin to the Herma Heart Institute at the Children’s Wisconsin Milwaukee Hospital for monitoring. As the months passed by with Lexi not gaining much weight or growing in height—there was worry that her failing heart was stunting her growth. Doctors knew Lexi couldn’t wait much longer.

In January 2025, Lexi was admitted to the Children’s Wisconsin Milwaukee Hospital while her parents stayed at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Eastern Wisconsin.

Sixteen days later, Lexi received her new heart. 💙

She exceeded all recovery expectations with physical and occupational therapy and went home 15 days after surgery.

Today, Lexi is in seventh grade and a true animal lover. She rides horses and has shown her cows at Wisconsin State Fair. She also plays softball and was back on the field just three months post-transplant!

Mark your calendars for May 7 - 8, and listen to the rest of Lexi’s inspiring journey live on 96.5 WKLH or wklh.com during the 28th annual 96.5 WKLH Miracle Marathon for Children’s Wisconsin presented by Mars Family Foundation. We're so grateful to Mars Family Foundation for their continued support as presenting sponsor for the fourth year in a row!

04/27/2026
Sharing is a foundational social skill. Sharing helps your child make and keep friends, play cooperatively and problem-s...
04/27/2026

Sharing is a foundational social skill. Sharing helps your child make and keep friends, play cooperatively and problem-solve. These skills help your child function in a group and are critical to your child’s life-long success as a partner, parent and worker. But sharing can often be difficult for kids to understand.

Read this blog post by Nicole Henricks, PsyD, a Behavioral Health Consultant at the Children’s Wisconsin Bluemound Pediatrics primary care office, for some simple tips to help teach your kids to share.

Sharing is a foundational social skill — but it can be hard to teach.

“After almost seven months of life, our boy has finally seen the outside world. It really is the small things in life.”R...
04/24/2026

“After almost seven months of life, our boy has finally seen the outside world. It really is the small things in life.”

Ryan was born with a serious congenital heart defect and has spent every day of his life at Children’s Wisconsin, enduring heart surgeries, procedures and the daily work of simply growing stronger. A mechanical pump supports his heart as he waits for a heart transplant. Through it all, his care team (nurses, surgeons, cardiologists and so many others) has been right there with him.

As the warmer months arrived, Ryan’s parents had one wish: to take their boy outside for the first time. His care team didn’t hesitate. They started planning immediately.

And last week, for the first time in his life, Ryan felt the sun.

His reaction? Shock. A little fear. And then, once settled into his mom’s arms, pure wonder. He looked around, taking it all in until the birds started chirping and interrupted what might have been his first outdoor nap. 🐦

Ryan is waiting for his heart transplant. But in the meantime, he’s hitting milestones that matter. One small, extraordinary moment at a time. We are honored to be on this journey with him and his family. 💙

Meet Sean Mars, Founder of Mars Family Foundation and one of our most dedicated volunteers. 💙 A coach for over 25 years,...
04/21/2026

Meet Sean Mars, Founder of Mars Family Foundation and one of our most dedicated volunteers. 💙

A coach for over 25 years, Sean’s passion for helping kids be their best brought him to Children’s Wisconsin - MACC Fund Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders —where he spends his time playing games, making crafts and bringing smiles to kids facing cancer treatment.

One of Sean’s favorite volunteer memories was seeing a girl’s face light up as soon as he told her it was time to play. She was previously crying on the floor and having a hard day. Sean encouraged the young girl to dress up as a doctor and perform “workups,” a process where physicians evaluate a patient’s symptoms, on the nurses—just like the doctors do for her. She had a blast!

“If you can come in and just have a smile, and make someone's life better and make them smile, that is the experience,” Sean shares.

As we celebrate National Volunteer Week, we extend our heartfelt appreciation to our incredible volunteers, like Sean, who bring kindness in action to life across Children’s Wisconsin. Check out our 2025 Volunteer Impact Report for inspiring stories from across our volunteer community: https://childrenswi.link/volunteer-report-2025

The Mars Family Foundation is the presenting sponsor of the 96.5 WKLH Miracle Marathon for Children’s Wisconsin for the fourth year in a row. Tune in May 7 – 8 to hear inspiring stories of hope and healing from our providers, families and patients themselves.

Makenna and Beckett are more than siblings — they're best friends who have faced life's toughest moments side by side, e...
04/20/2026

Makenna and Beckett are more than siblings — they're best friends who have faced life's toughest moments side by side, each navigating their own unexpected health journey.

💙 Makenna’s story: When Makenna was 12 years old, she became very ill while on vacation. After many exams and tests, it was found that Makenna had a very rare case of salmonella poisoning that had moved into her spine. During her ongoing recovery from the spine infection, it was determined that she had scoliosis, with three curves in her back. Dr. Benjamin Escott, the same Orthopedic Surgeon who helped her through the infection, became her scoliosis physician. Dr. Escott and his team have been a part of Makenna’s life for the last five years and have helped ensure that she is active and pain free.

🫶 Beckett’s Story: When Beckett’s parents, Jake and Shannon, were 12 weeks pregnant it was discovered that one of his hands was not developing and that he would be born with a limb difference. They continued to visit our Children’s Wisconsin Fetal Concerns Center through the pregnancy to keep an eye on Beckett’s growth. He was born with symbrachydactyly in his right hand, which is when blood flow issues before a baby is born cause an underdeveloped hand with short or missing fingers. Beckett has received ongoing monitoring and occupational and physical therapy as he learns to navigate the world.

✨Today: Makenna is in high school and a healthy, active teen. She is president of the run club at her school and loves art. As for Beckett, he is an easygoing, happy little guy. He loves fire trucks, trains, dinosaurs and sports. Both of them amaze their families every day and are thriving!

Mark your calendars for May 7-8, and listen to the rest of Makenna and Beckett’s amazing stories live on 96.5 WKLH or http://wklh.com during the 28th annual 96.5 WKLH Miracle Marathon for Children’s Wisconsin presented by Mars Family Foundation. We're so grateful to Mars Family Foundation for their continued support as presenting sponsor for the fourth year in a row!

No kid likes going to the doctor. But for Greta, it was something different altogether. Anything from an annual checkup ...
04/16/2026

No kid likes going to the doctor. But for Greta, it was something different altogether. Anything from an annual checkup to taking cough medicine would nearly cause a panic attack. Luckily, for most of her life, she was a happy, healthy kid and trips to the doctor were not a regular occurrence. But things took a turn when Greta was 8 years old.

Now facing a serious health condition, Greta’s anxiety and fear reached new extremes. But thankfully, Dr. Nick Young and the Pediatric Psychology and Developmental Medicine Program at Children’s Wisconsin helped Greta face and overcome her fears, and get the care she so desperately needed.

Read this blog post to learn how Children’s Wisconsin integrates mental health into every aspect of care. .

When Greta was diagnosed with a spinal defect, surgery was only the first step of her care.

04/14/2026

Exciting news for our kids and families: Children’s Wisconsin is joining the Ryan Seacrest Foundation’s network, becoming home to the 16th Seacrest Studio location nationwide 🎵 🎤!

Inside Seacrest Studios, kids host podcasts, produce videos and interview celebrity guests while receiving care. It’s a fully equipped and interactive media studio built just for them, allowing them to participate in person or virtually from the comfort of their room.

We can't wait to open our studio doors in 2028 inside our Milwaukee Hospital. Because every kid deserves a creative outlet, even on the hardest days 💙.

Learn more about the Ryan Seacrest Foundation and the Seacrest Studio coming to Children’s Wisconsin: https://childrenswi.org/at-every-turn/stories/2026/04/seacrest-studio-coming-to-childrens-wisconsin

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Keeping You Safe During COVID-19

Your safety is our top priority

At Children’s Wisconsin, our high standard of care has always required an uncompromising approach to safety. And during this COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to ensure every visit, appointment, procedure and surgery offered across all our Children’s Wisconsin locations is safe. Nothing will change our commitment to your safety.

What you can expect from us

As one of the top pediatric health systems in the country, Children’s Wisconsin has a team of nationally recognized infection. And during this COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to ensure every visit, appointment, procedure and surgery offered across all our Children’s Wisconsin locations is safe. Nothing will change our commitment to your safety.o ensure the safety of our patients, their families and our staff. Below are some of the things you can expect across all of our Children’s Wisconsin locations: