The Mighty Blog features stories from around Children’s Minnesota, as well as health and wellness information for raising healthy kids.

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What families should know about the new RSV treatment for babies and toddlers

Learn more about the new RSV treatment for babies and toddlers.

Respiratory Care Scholarship recipient lands respiratory therapist role

Children’s Minnesota is proud to help our employees achieve their dreams. Miranda Weakly, certified respiratory therapist, received a scholarship from our Respiratory Care Scholarship program to help her become a respiratory therapist (RT). Miranda is now working as a full-time RT at Children’s Minnesota!

Tips for getting kids back into a routine for school

Summer is coming to an end, and school is right around the corner. Parents might be ready for kids to go back to school, but kids might be all over the place. A routine will help parents and kids transition back into school.

Tips for traveling with a medically complex child

Children's Minnesota is providing you with some resources for traveling with a child with medical needs.

Ezra’s story: Children’s Minnesota’s free breast pump loaner program supports premature baby’s ability to thrive

Baby Ezra's mom, Nancy, reflects on how a new program at Children’s Minnesota helped her provide nutritious breast milk to her growing baby.

Security supervisor shares his career experience at Children’s Minnesota

Will Hobart, security supervisor, is sharing all his favorite things about working at Children's Minnesota.

Echo sonographer shares her four-year career experience at Children’s Minnesota

Kelsey Peterson, echo sonographer, has been working at Children's Minnesota for four years now. She is sharing all her favorite things about working at Children's Minnesota.

John’s journey: North America’s first neurosurgery suite of its kind sets stage for boy’s brain tumor removal procedure

John was diagnosed with a brain tumor right before he turned 9, the Children’s Minnesota neurosurgery team used its new, cutting-edge neurosurgery facility to get the boy on the road to recovery.

Breathing easier: The Kid Experts at Children’s Minnesota identify and fix rare congenital defect of newborn’s esophagus

Baby Murphy had a rare birth defect where his esophagus did not develop normally. Children’s Minnesota is one of only two places in the Twin Cities metro area with the multidisciplinary team and specialized resources to treat his condition surgically.

Children’s Minnesota starts Project ADAM Minnesota to help prepare schools to respond in the event of a cardiac arrest

Project ADAM is a national program which strives to assist schools and communities in establishing a practiced plan to respond to a sudden cardiac arrest. Project ADAM has saved the lives of more than 200 children, adolescents and adults who went into sudden cardiac arrest.