Among the unique examples of Children’s family-centered services for our transplant patients are summer programs that focus on the quality of life after a pediatric transplant:
- Camp Chihopi is a fun-filled summer camping experience for children who have had a pediatric liver transplant or intestine transplant. Campers enjoy a non-medical environment where they can spend a weekend outdoors with other children who also have had an organ transplant.
- Heart Camp offers children who have had pediatric heart transplants a camping experience where they can interact with other children with heart disease. Additionally, all of the counselors who staff Heart Camp are young adults who have been treated for heart disease themselves.
- Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Reunion Day is a celebration honoring children and young adults who have undergone pediatric bone marrow transplantation. Families also attend the event, which is held at the hospital, and share their post-transplant experiences with physicians, nurses, social workers, child life specialists and each other.
