Our Stories
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Kathryn Walker’s Legacy
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in any hospital is a very special place that runs on the passion and dedication of exceptional people. NICU nurses care for the tiniest, most vulnerable patients and their families at what, for many, is the most trying time of...
Owen’s Story
Right before Christmas of 2017, our daughter, Madelyn, came down with a rare and serious illness that landed her at Dell Children's for seven days. It was a scary experience, but Madelyn's care team was professional and compassionate. Our daughter made a quick and...
Kendra Scott Teams Up To ‘Surprise & Delight’ Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin Surgical Services Team
Last month, Austin based jewelry and design company Kendra Scott and The Seton Fund teamed up to surprise and delight over 200 members of the Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin surgical services team. The team at Kendra Scott kicked off the celebration by...
Envisioning The Future For Our Children
On October 17th Charles D. Fraser, Jr, MD., Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, led a conversation with the leadership of the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. The visioning series connected community leaders with the world-renowned surgeon and...
Happy 100th Birthday Sister Gertrude!
Sr. Gertrude Levy, who served at Seton for more than 40 years, recently turned 100! All of us at the Seton Foundations would like to wish Sr. Gertrude a very Happy Birthday and say a huge thank you for all of her dedicaton to our mission and our community. The...
Dell Children’s is grateful to have partners like Superhero Kids
Superhero Kids, an organization that was founded to specifically address quality of life issues for children and their families at the Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center, will celebrate their 10th anniversary this month. In their decade of service to the...
Shirley and Donald Barker Endowment Dedication
Shirley Barker recently dedicated an endowment named for her and her late husband, Donald. Donald spent four months in the intensive care unit and Shirley stayed by his side the entire time. The Shirley D. and Donald P. Barker Endowment was established to benefit ICU...
Tranquility Garden Brings Healing
Thanks to the generousity of our supporters, the Tranquility Garden at Brackenridge Hospital became a reality, and we’d like to share a story of courage, hope and healing that was made possible by this support. Judge Julie Kocurek is beloved and respected in our...
Kendra Scott gifts “a day of mammograms” through Ascension Seton Breast Care Center
Every two minutes a women is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. However, when detected early, the chances of surviving breast cancer are dramatically increased. The Ascension Seton Breast Care Center located at Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin...
Ascension Seton Hays Celebrates a Decade of Service
Ascension Seton Hays recently celebrated 10 years of providing medical care locally. As we reflect on the past 10 years, we celebrate successes and growth made possible through hard work and dedication from our providers, associates, volunteers, partners and...
From Oncology Nurse to Cancer Patient – Sarah’s Story
In July 2016, my daughter, Sarah Graff, began her career with Ascension Seton as a new graduate nurse on the oncology floor at Seton Medical Center Austin. Eight short months later, in March 2017, Sarah was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She started noticing...
Generous gift from Chiu Family to support mental healthcare for college students
This week The Seton Fund received a generous gift from donors Leigh and Clifford Chiu to support mental healthcare initiatives for college students in Central Texas. The donation established the Chiu Endowment for Excellence in Mental Health, and the investment will...
Celebrating ‘back to school’ for an Ascension Seton NICU baby!
On her 5th birthday, Olive Monk asked when she could start school as a kindergartener in Montgomery, Texas, “She is very independent,” Olive’s mom Stefanie Monk explains, “so she has explained to me multiple times that she is going to school and I will stay in the...
When a family can be cared for HERE
When a family can be cared for HEREMy youngest daughter, Josie, was diagnosed with leukemia in January of 2012. She had been having some different symptoms that didn't sound too serious ahead of that - a nosebleed, aches in her bones, she missed a couple of days from...
A Heart Care Story – Kristen
Two heart attacks, one heart transplant, and eleven heart surgeries later. On Christmas Eve, just days after delivering her fourth child, Kristen Patton felt a horrible pain in her jaw. Her husband, Steve, called 9-1-1 immediately. She crashed three times before...
A Mother Baby Story – Teddy
Born too soon, but surrounded by love. Maggie Boyd’s pregnancy with her first child, Teddy, started out perfect, the kind most expectant mothers dream of. However, at 32 weeks it became apparent something was wrong with her unborn son. Her OBGYN noticed Teddy’s heart...