Eight-year-old Shania Robinson's life was saved at Duke with a double transplant of a heart and kidney.
Peter Morrisette and his family are grateful to Duke for saving his life after multiple tumors were discovered in his lower leg.
Duke Children's patient Graham Rogers and his family share their moving story of Graham's kidney transplant and how his Duke Pediatric Nephrology Care Team saved his life and secured a promising future for the now-20-year-old.
Heath underwent a heart transplant when he was eleven months old. Now ten, Duke Children's and his supportive family give Heath all the tools he needs to lead a healthy and active life.
When Paige Walker was diagnosed with cancer she knew she wanted to best care and treatment possible. She says Duke went far beyond her expectations.
Two-time lung cancer survivor Bob Norris has taken up a new hobby to show his support for Duke Cancer Institute: skydiving. In 2017, just before his 85th birthday, he completed his sixth jump to raise funds and awareness for Duke cancer research.
"It's because of Duke I'm getting old," says Norris.
Though she has battled melanoma that spread to her brain, Tricia Gallagher says that cancer has changed her life, and not in a negative way.
"It's not the end of the road, it's not the end of your story. It's just a chapter in it," she says.
Small bowel cancer survivor Jim Slaughter says he gets more out of volunteering than he puts in. He encourages others to volunteer with the Duke Cancer Patient Support Program, as he does every week.
"It's going to make you a better person," he says.