Our Stories
Meet our patients, families, supporters and staff and learn more about the cutting-edge technologies and patient-centered care we’re bringing to Central Texas through your support.
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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...
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...
Pam’s Breast Cancer Story
The phone call no one wants to get. It started with a lump. Then tests. Then a biopsy. Then the phone call—the phone call that changed everything. Pam was just 45 years old when she received her stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis—a diagnosis that came out of nowhere. She...
Rooster Teeth Day at Dell Children’s
Rooster Teeth Productions had an epic day at Dell Children’s Medical Center. This special day was spent with seven members of the Rooster Teeth leadership team including, Matt Hullum, Anna Hullum, Patrick Salazar, Michael Lindblad, Chelsea Atkinson, Blaine Gibson,...
Opening the Ascension Seton Health Center Buda
Ascension Seton is set to host a grand opening event and ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate a new health center in Buda. The Ascension Seton Health Center Buda will offer comprehensive, multispecialty patient care close to home in Hays County. Join us to celebrate...
Finding Support at the Grace Grego Maxwell Mental Health Unit
On the surface, Wendy’s daughter Shelby is your picture perfect teenager. Beautiful, smart, a great student and very close with her mother. Shelby is in fact a very self aware teenager who had the courage to speak up to her mom when she wasn’t feeling herself. Just...
Blake Andrew Owen Endowment for Mental Health
Blake Andrew Owen Endowment for Mental HealthI never dreamed that mental illness would touch my beautiful family of 5 healthy children. I had always prayed that God would help me and their Dad to raise them to adulthood in one piece with all limbs attached. Never...