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‘UK at the Half:’ PAWS Program helps kids with cancer stay on track in school

Mar 14, 2025, 8:44 AM
Kentucky, Kids, Cancer

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 14, 2025) — For children battling cancer, keeping up with school can be a challenge due to frequent medical appointments, hospital stays and treatment side effects. The Providing Assistance With School (PAWS) Program at the DanceBlue Kentucky Children’s Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic bridges the gap between education and medical care, ensuring young patients stay on track academically.

‘DanceBlue was a huge light’ – Patient, now UK student, inspired to help heal others

Apr 2, 2024, 5:51 PM
Research Impact, Biomedical Research, Kids

Most high school sophomores begin the school year eager to reconnect with friends, pick back up in their extracurricular activities and begin challenging themselves with new classes. More importantly, they are excited to no longer be a freshman.

Lexington teenager, future doctor flourishes despite rare illness

Mar 27, 2024, 5:54 PM
Research Impact, Biomedical Research, Kids

In many ways, Treasure Newton is your typical 17-year-old. She loves hanging out with her friends and family, trying new recipes and doing her makeup. But unlike most teens, she knows exactly what she wants to be when she grows up.

‘UK became our home’ — DanceBlue Clinic patient, mom focus on the positives

Mar 23, 2023, 5:55 PM
Research Impact, Biomedical Research, Kids

“We thought it was a spider bite — we didn’t think much of it.” That’s what Richmond residents Dynae Utz and her husband, L.T., thought when they first saw the lump on their 6-year-old son Lewis' leg. Then the lump got bigger, to the point where surgery was needed to remove it.

KCH Patient's Photo Exhibition Shows Beauty in Everyday Life

Feb 27, 2020, 5:57 PM
Research Impact, Biomedical Research, Kids

Chris Lyons is a details guy. In his exhibition of photographs on display outside the DanceBlue Kentucky Children's Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic, you see his appreciation for the details in buildings, patterns in nature and the shapes in light and shadow.

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