Healthy Kids - Summer 2023

SUMMER

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HEALTHY HABITS Summer safety tips, diversity, equity and

inclusion in pediatrics, how local teens are making an impact in pediatric health care and more

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SUPER SAGE After a harrowing health journey that included heart and airway surgeries before his first birthday, 5-year-old Sage Blake won’t let anything slow him down

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WHEN MEDICINE IS A MYSTERY Mina Longo, the first

patient in Rady Children’s pediatric Aerodigestive and Airway Surgery Program, now raises money to help other kids with complex conditions

INSIDE RADY CHILDREN’S

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PARTNERS IN CARE Rady Children’s and Scripps Health work together to

make sure that premature and critically ill newborns get top- quality NICU care

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A 30-YEAR VOLUNTEER Don Bellows has been volunteering at Rady

Children’s for three decades

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PAY IT FORWARD More microbiome research is possible, thanks to the

generosity of donors

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