Wife and mom, Katie Page, is the owner of both Gate City Athletics (a youth running club) and Wren’s Nest (a kids and family yoga studio) named after her daughter Sophia Wren. Katie says, “The vision of Wren’s Nest is to bring together kids and families to share mindfulness and yoga to create a space […]
WakeMed’s very own Mallory Magelli McKeown, of WakeMed Children’s, is among this year’s 40 Under 40 Leadership Awards winners. The Triangle Business Journal (TBJ) received more than 200 nominations for the 2022 awards cycle. Successes in 2021 Mallory Magelli McKeown, 32, is the manager of the family navigation program for WakeMed Children’s Hospital — and […]
Wake Forest, NC residents, Jeremy and Mary Catherine Haarsgaard were excitedly awaiting the birth of their first born twins. With a little over a month before the due date, Mary Catherine was feeling great, and the babies were growing. “Going into week 34, I was still going to crossfit classes,” Mary Catherine gushes. Soon, however, […]
When it comes to caring for the tiniest patients at WakeMed, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) team is constantly thinking of innovative ways to enhance the overall experience for parents and infants. That’s why WakeMed recently added a NicView™ streaming camera system at the Level IV NICU in Raleigh and the Level III Special […]
On September 16, 2016, baby Felix came bursting on the scene two weeks early, with a head full of hair and gorgeous as ever. Born at WakeMed Cary Hospital, weighing seven pounds and 11 ounces, he was everything his first-time parents could ever want, but a complication prevented them from taking him home right away. […]
Drew Herman, a fraternal twin born prematurely at 34 weeks, made his surprise appearance with his sister on September 20, 2002 in Atlanta, Georgia. Lonii Herman and her husband, Will Herman, were joyful new parents, excited to meet their children for the first time. Little did they know what obstacles Drew would face in his […]
On October 26, 2019, Heather Dannelley and her husband, Scott, were running some pre-Halloween errands when their day took a turn for the worse. What should have been a day filled with sweet treats and costume crafting was suddenly cut short by a serious car accident – another car flew through a stop sign and […]
When COVID-19 hit the United States, nurses and other healthcare workers were quickly called to the front lines of the pandemic. As vaccines became available to the public in January 2021, the need for healthcare workers to help distribute the vaccine grew at a rapid rate. A group of retired WakeMed nurses — Jonnie Simmons, […]
Each year, the WakeMed Foundation’s Community Campaign offers an opportunity to support hospital programs and services. We sat down with Molly Anderson, a local entrepreneur and Community Campaign Team Leader, to talk about why serving WakeMed matters to her. In October 2018, I ended up in the chest pain unit at WakeMed, not feeling well. They […]
Each year, the WakeMed Foundation’s Community Campaign offers an opportunity to support hospital programs and services. We sat down with Caron Hodges, a full-time working wife and mother and WakeMed Foundation Community Campaign Volunteer, to talk about why serving WakeMed matters to her. I’m grateful that we have an institution locally that is focused not only on […]
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