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100 yearso caring or children1909-2009


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Ababys 1st birthday is a special occasion

in Hawaii. No auntie would dare miss

the celebration, though the toddler is too

young to blow out the candles or remember the luau!

Yet, this joyous tradition can trace its roots to a dierent era

in Hawaii, a time when ewer than one-third o all babies

lived to see their frst birthday. It was a tragic act o lie in

turn-o-the-century Hawaii.

This changed in 1909 when Kauikeolani Childrens Hospital,

which later became Kapiolani Medical Center or Women &

Children, opened its doors or all keiki in Hawaii.

A century later, Kapiolani is still the only ull-service

pediatric hospital between Los Angeles and Hong Kong.

During its 100 years o pediatric service, the hospital has

touched the lives o almost every amily in Hawaii, and

thousands more in the Pacifc.

Nearly hal o Oahus babies are born at Kapiolani. Many

public fgures, civic and business leaders can claim their

birthplace here. In act, our 44th President Barack Obama

commended the excellence o Kapiolani Medical Center

the place o my birth. He added, Hawaii has always been a

home to me. (see p.6).

Kapiolani does more than just deliver babies. It is the

Pacifc Regions recognized leader in pediatric care. Children

A Century to Celebrate2009 Marks 100 Years o Caring or Children


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Aloha!

2009 is an exciting year or

Kapiolani Medical Center as we

celebrate a century o pediatric

care in Hawaii. Since 1909, this

non-prot hospital has continued

to serve children rom all over

Hawaii, and beyond. The specialty

care provided to amilies like

yours is equal to the na-

tions nest hospitals. Were

proud to provide the highest-quality medical

care to children who need us, regardless o the

amilys ability to pay.

We look orward to serving the community

or another 100 years. Were committed to

helping our precious keiki grow up strong and

healthy. Thats Kapiolanis mission. We greatly

appreciate your support.

Martha SmithChie Operating Ofcer

Kapiolani Medical Center or Women & Children

rom all over depend on Kapiolani Medical Centers newborn

and pediatric intensive care units, pediatric emergency room,

and pediatric cancer center. When critically ill kids need open-

heart surgery, blood transusions,

bone-marrow transplants and

more, their amilies turn to

Kapiolani.

For 100 years, the community

has relied on Kapiolani to deliver

lie-saving medical care, close

to home, eliminating the need

or many amilies to travel to the

mainland or treatment.

Get involved: visit KapiolaniGit.org

Did you know?Kapiolani is non-proft. That means any

profts are reinvested right back into

patient care so we can see all children,

regardless o ability to pay. In act, 52%

o Kapiolani patients come rom uninsured

or underinsured amilies. Last year,

Kapiolani provided more than $2.6 million

in uncompensated care.

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Share Your Kapiolani StoryDo you have a personal experience, cherished memory, or refection about Hawaiis

childrens hospital? We invite you to share that story with us.

The Kapiolani Story Project is a historical archive. It will honor patients and amilies whohave been touched by Kapiolani, and healthcare providers who delivered care with skill

and compassion.

Please visit www.KapiolaniGift.org to share your story, and read other stories.

The Kapiolani Story Project

Reyns Story

My name is Reyn. I was 10 monthsold when I was diagnosed with

tetralogy o Fallot a hole in my heart.

I needed open-heart surgery.

My mom is a pretty calm person. But

when she handed me to the anesthesi-

ologist, she says all her emotions poured

out. My parents were araid they might

not see me again. But the doctors atKapiolani Medical Center wereready or me. They saved my lie

that day.Im a 6th grader at Moanalua. I play

baseball or the White Sox. My avorite

subject is math. I dont remember my

heart surgery, but I know it happened

because o the scar on my chest. My

mom says Im lucky because its a nice

scar, very straight and clean. Someday,

I want to be a cardiologist at Kapiolani

Medical Center so I can help other kids

living with heart deects. Go Bows!!!

Dr. Sias Calling

Ive been a primary care pediatricianor more than 40 years at Kauikeo-

lani and Kapiolani Medical Center. Ive

worn many hats, including Chie o Sta,

Board Member, and Proessor o Pediat-

rics at the University o Hawaii medical

school. I have devoted my careerto grassroots pilot projects thatbegin here in Hawaii and becomenational models.

The medical home approach, which

emphasizes amily-centered care, started

because I elt that babies, children with

special needs, and young parents they

dont have a voice. They need someone

to advocate or them.

So in the 1960s, Kapiolani developed a

community outreach program. We set up

a poison control center, a birth deects

center, an outpatient clinic to care or the

poor, a pediatric emergency ward, and

much more.In Hawaii, the ohana is very signicant.

We recognize that a child is born

innocently. Its everyones role to help

oer a nurturing environment.

Addies Story

When I was our and a hal yearsold, I woke up one day and

I elt junk. I couldnt stand by mysel.

I had a ever.

It was acute leukemia. For two and a hal

years, my amily took me to Kapiolani

Medical Center or chemotherapy. We

went every week. I lost my hair. My whole

body hurt. My mom says I didnt know

how sick I was. I hope I never eel like

that again.

I made riends with other kidswith leukemia. We got bettertogether. Everyone helped me. Now,when I visit Kapiolani, the nurses tell me

how long my hair is, how big Im getting.

They always give me a hug.

Im eight years old. Im a leukemia survivor.

I want to be a nurse when I grow up. For

all the hugs I got at Kapiolani Medical

Center, I wanna say Mahalo!


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Tadds Odds

Iwas born premature. I weighed 1 lb.15 oz., and spent 3.5 months in the

Newborn Intensive Care Unit. I had ve

surgeries in the rst month. I was on

oxygen nearly the whole time. My odds

o survival were 50/50.

The neonatologists and surgeons did

everything to save me. My mom says I

had really good nurses who took care

o me. They gave me a lot o love. Thats

what made the dierence.

Support is whats really important in lie.

Without the support o my amily and

riends, I wouldnt have accomplished

anything close to what I have today.

I support Kapiolani because whatthey do or the community is soimportant. You can see it in how manylives theyve saved. Kapiolani is one o

the best hospitals. They need our support,

just as much as we need them. It goes

around and it benets everyone.

Stevens Reason

Iwas born two months prematureand weighed only 2 lbs. Back then,

Kapiolani Medical Center had no etal

monitor; my incubator was just a heated

enclosure. Less than 50 percent o pree-

mie inants survived. My mom says

I was smaller than a paint brush. I t in

the palm o her hand.

Today, Im 6 2 and weigh 190 lbs. I serve

on the board o Kapiolani Medical Center

because without this hospital, I wouldnt

be here. People have a purpose in lie.

My dad always told me, When you drink

water, remember the source. He taught

me the importance o giving back to the

community.

I eel lucky that a city our size hasa childrens hospital, out here inthe middle o the Pacifc Ocean.Its ve hours to fy to a childrens hospital

on the mainland. In critical cases, new-

borns dont have ve hours.

Valasis Journey

My ather tries to be brave. Butit was hard or him when I got

leukemia. Many people back home in

Samoa, when they hear cancer, they

think theres no cure. But we came to

Kapiolani. The doctor explained,there is hope or kids who haveleukemia.There are lots o survivors.

When I went home, it was hard or my

ather to see me. I lost all my hair, I lost

weight, I wasnt the same. But my mother

said, Her hair will grow back. Her eye-

brows will grow back.

When my ather saw me this Christmas, a

weight was lited o his shoulders. People

were surprised to see I have grown, Im

strong! I think thats when they started

to believe. I told them, They can cure

cancer at Kapiolani Medical Center. I have

seen it. I thank God and the doctors and

nurses or everything. No worries.

Did you know?Because o its status as a research acility, Kapiolani

Medical Center participated in important clinical trials

beore a treatment was available anywhere else in

Hawaii. One premature baby who benefted rom those

trials, conducted in Kapiolanis Newborn Intensive

Care Unit, is proessional goler Tadd Fujikawa.

Tadd at 1lb. 15 oz.

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Valentines Day was the perect occa-

sion or 150 heart patients and their

amilies to celebrate the Kardiac Kids

reunion. The event capped the rst o

ve Heart Weeks in 2009, when pe-

diatric cardiologists rom the nations

nest childrens hospitals, includingKapiolani Medical Center, partner to

perorm open-heart surgery and

other lie-saving cardiac procedures.

The Centennial Dinner January 24, 2009More than 700 community leaders gathered to honor Kapiolani Medical

Center and Kauikeolani Childrens Hospitals 100 years o pediatric care in

Hawaii. Forty keiki, all ormer and current patients, greeted the guests and

joined musician Henry Kapono (whose twins were born at Kapiolani) on

stage to close the evening.

2009: A Year-Long Celebration!

Kardiac Kids ReunionFebruary 7, 2009

S.CongressmanNeilAber

crombiewithformerpatie

ntsofKapiolaniMedical

Center.

BeckyPietsch,DavidPietsch(ChairmanotheBoard,Hawaii

Pacifc

Health),GovernorLindaLingle,ChuckSted(PresidentandC

EO,

HawaiiPacifcHealth),andVivienSted.

MusicianHenryKaponotakesthestage

withKapiolanikeiki.

Kodey Deuz, ormer open-heart surgery patient, with hismom and sister.

Pediatric cardiologists with ormer cardiac patients.

PresidenBarack Obama sen

this ofcial congratulatory messageread by Congressman Abercrombie


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Youre Invited!Kapiolani Medical Center is hosting several

Centennial-themed special events throughout

2009. Please visit www.KapiolaniGift.org or the latest

updates on when and where to catch these un, amily-

oriented gatherings.

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The 100 Years of Caring TV SpecialDont miss this ascinating, 60-minute historical account

o the impact o Hawaiis childrens hospital. The show will

be broadcast rom 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on KITV, KGMB, KHNL,

and KFVE; then again rom 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. on KHON.

august 27-28

Kapiolani Radiothon for KidsListen to KSSK FMs live broadcast!

august 30

Kapiolanis 100th Birthday Celebration

Were taking over the entire Honolulu Zoo or this one!

Bring the whole amily. Plenty o games and prizes.

Registration or this event begins Aug. 1

at www.KapiolaniGift.org.

september 23

Jus fo Fun Golf Tournament

Join us at the Pearl Country Club and compete or cash

prizes jus o un! Please call (808) 983-8281 to register.

Space is limited.

OctOber 18

The NICU Reunion at Kids Fest

Calling all ormer patients o the Newborn Intensive

Care Unit! Bring the whole amily. Plenty o games,

prizes, and ood at the annual Kids Fest event at Bishop

Museum. Special early opening breakast and

program or NICU amilies at 9:30 a.m. Kids Fest

opens to the public 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

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Happy Birthday Kapiolani!Checkwww.KapiolaniGift.org or ongoing

details about

the hospitals

celebration to

mark a century

o pediatric

care in

Hawaii.

Doctors Day march 31, 2009apiolani Medical Center said Mahalo! to its physicians or their ongoing

upport and care o patients. Guests enjoyed local style favors, a sushi bar,

nd a trip down memory lane with Centennial trivia and vintage artiacts.

Dr. Walton Shim goes or par.

Dr. Shim and Dr. Malcolm Ing.

diac Kids (riends since their surgery days) catch uphe latest news.

Did you know?Kapiolani Medical Center gave out

60,286 adhesive bandages and

469,942 diapers to patients last year.

Did you know?Kapiolani is Hawaiis pediatric

medical center. We specialize in

treating kids. When children are

critically ill with a lie-threatening

illness like cancer or heart

problems, their amilies turn

to Kapiolani.

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Jeanettes Tuesdays

Ihave volunteered at Kapiolani Medi-cal Center or 31 years. Im told that I

have given 3,530 hours o my time to the

hospital, and my weekly volunteer shit

has helped the git shop run smoothly or

three decades.

I have never regretted volunteering

at Kapiolani. I enjoy being here. I look

orward to my Tuesday mornings in the

git shop, seeing the people I work with

and the other volunteers at the hospital.

I deeply eel that one should,through volunteering, give back tothe community.My late husband, Jack,got me involved. He was on the board o

Kapiolani Medical Center and suggested

I volunteer my time at the git shop, and

Ive been here ever since.

I think Kapiolani Medical Center is a

antastic hospital. The git shop has

certainly grown and I like to think o it as

the best hospital shop!

Jes Miracle

Thirteen years ago, Jamie arrived 3

1/2

months early. She weighed only

1 lb. 11 oz. My daughters hand wasso small, it couldnt wrap aroundmy fnger.

I am grateul to Kapiolani Medical Center.

I not or all the proessionals, their

training, and the right equipment, our

outcome couldve been a lot dierent.

Jamie is now a healthy 13-year-old at

Punahou School.

The people at Kapiolani make miracles

happen every day. My wie, Loan, and

I joined the Kapiolani Health Founda-

tion to make sure they can keep making

miracles. Were spreading the word that

Hawaiis childrens hospital is a communi-

ty asset. As a non-prot hospital, it needs

community support.

We recently toured the Newborn

Intensive Care Unit at Kapiolani. Jamie

went around the room,telling every amily

there, I was one o

those preemies; it

will be ok. I was really

proud o her.

Taylors Story

Ive been through seven majorsurgeries in my lie. I had a rare blood-

vessel problem in my liver and stomach.

I had anemia, GI bleeding, atigue, low

hemoglobin. My heart had to work

overtime. I had a tube in my chest or our

years. I couldnt swim or play sports.

I loved getting the tube out. Now Ican go to the beach! You can see myscars. My riends say theyre cool.

My mom says without Kapiolani Medical

Center, she wouldnt know what wed do.

The doctors and nurses are always there

or us. They care about me. And I like

staying in Hawaii. Getting treatment on

the mainland was hard. Here, my amily

and riends visit me. People send cards

and fowers. My teachers call me.

I want to be a child lie specialist at

Kapiolani Medical Center. I want to help

kids orget their pain.

The Kapiolani Story Project

Did you know?Kapiolani Medical Center sees patients

rom every community on Oahu, rom all

Neighbor Islands, and throughout Polynesia

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Stanords Preemies

All three o our children were bornprematurely at Kapiolani Medical

Center. My son, Stanord, was induced

because o low amniotic fuid. Dustin was

eight weeks early; he needed steroids to

mature his lungs. Celine came out 4 lbs.,

9 oz. and beet red, something about too

many red blood cells.

Dustin was in the Newborn Intensive

Care Unit or a week. He was so young, he

didnt know how to eat; the nurses had to

teach him. We were worried, but Dustin

got the care o angels. Were so thankul

he survived.

Kapiolani Medical Center is aplace where all my worries goaway.They have very good programsor gestational diabetes and emergent

care. With those specialized doctors

and nurses around, I elt comortable.

Kapiolani is a special place, lled with

love. Its the best place or amilies to startthe journey o lie.

Beths Miracle

My daughter had a perect preg-nancy. But at delivery, Carters

heart rate slowed. His lungs collapsed.

A valve in his heart wouldnt close. The

hospital where Carter was born couldnt

handle it, so they called the emergency

transport team at Kapiolani Medical

Center.

It was an emotional roller coaster.But at Kapiolani, everything wasabout the baby. Carter had an oscil-lator pumping 600 breaths a minute, a

tube into his chest, eeding tubes into his

tummy, I.V. lines into every appendage

o his body.

We thank God or

Kapiolani. Carter is

a miracle. Can you

imagine him not

living, not contribut-

ing to this world?

I wanted to giveback to Kapiolani.

One preemie had a

Wubbanub paci-

er and he loved

it. It lays fat on the

chest and doesnt all out.

I thought, Theyre abulous or 2-pound

babies! Were sending 50 each month in

my grandsons name.

Braydens Birth

Brayden arrived October 5, 2008,two months ahead o schedule.

He spent his rst month in Kapiolanis

Newborn Intensive Care Unit.

Brayden struggled with the bottle, sothe nurses ed him through a tubethat went through his nose andinto his stomach. He could onlydrink 5 cc o milk at a time. Its scary to

realize that, i Brayden was born just one

generation ago, he probably wouldnt

have survived. But at Kapiolani, he was

nurtured constantly.

By our months old, Braydens weight

had caught up and

at seven months,

hes blossomed

into a beautiul,

chubby-cheeked

little guy. He

weighs 18 lbs.

and recently gothis rst two teeth.

He is such a

riendly baby and

always happy.

Like so many in

Hawaii whose child

needed critical care, we will orever be

grateul to people like Dr. Brian Ching

who cared or Brayden. Mahalo Kapiolani!

Share your story at KapiolaniGit.org

Get involved: visit KapiolaniGit.org

Did you know?Kapiolani Medical Center is an academic

teaching acility. For 30 years, weve

partnered with the University o Hawaiis

John A. Burns School o Medicine to trainHawaiis uture pediatricians, obstetricians

and nurses. Last year, 35 pediatric resident

doctors received their training at Kapiolani.

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CANADA | 41

FRANCE | 1

ITALY | 2

US MAINLAND | 1,248

AUSTRALIA | 40

KAUAI | 1,009

LANAI | 148

MAUI | 1,176

MOLOKAI | 305

OAHU | 64,814GUAM | 25

JAPAN | 284

PACIFIC ISLANDS | 314

HAWAII | 2,820

NEW ZEALAND | 5

GERMANY | 1

UNITED KINGDOM | 10

IRELAND | 2 NETHERLANDS | 3

SPAIN | 1REA | 8

WAN | 2

ABC StoresAce HardwareWilliam and Mary AitonAlana Dung Research Foundation

Alexander & Baldwin FoundationAmerican Savings BankAnnie H. Parke TrustBarbara Cox AnthonyJe and Loan ArceAtherton Family FoundationAvon Foundation or WomenBank o HawaiiRobert R. BeanJohn H. ButzkeMr. and Mrs. Stanord Carr

Emily O. Castle

Castle & Cooke HawaiiCentral Pacifc BankRichard ChanCharles B. Wang FoundationChildrens Miracle NetworkClear Channel Radio

Combined Federal CampaignConsuelo FoundationCostco WholesaleDFS Hawaii

Louise J. DavidsonDuracellEstate o Leinani PetersonEstate o Myrna LumFirst Hawaiian BankMuriel M. FlandersFrances and Ada ForbesMaud OSullivan FrickleFriends o Hawaii Charities, Inc.General Growth Properties, Inc.Bill and Sheri GleasonHMSA Foundation

Harold K. L. Castle FoundationHawaii Anesthesia Group, Inc.Hawaii Community Foundation -Ivena Ziegenhein FundHawaii Community Foundation -Oscar & Rosetta Fish SpeechTherapy & Forensics Fund

Hawaii Cord Blood BankHawaiian TelcomHenry and Frances Battin TrustHonolulu Federal Credit Union

James & Abigail Campbell FamilyFoundationJames Haruji and Fumiko TamuraFoundationKaiser PermanenteClyde and Holly KaneshiroKapiolani Hospital AuxiliaryMr. and Mrs. Edward KawananakoaPoomaikelani KawananakoaMary R. KingMr. and Mrs. Sidney S. KosasaDr. Thomas and Mi KosasaLance Armstrong Foundation

Longs DrugsLudwick Family FoundationFrederick and Mary LymanMarch o Dimes - Hawaii ChapterMarchesa Kapiolani K. MarignoliMarjorie Booth Stephens Fund

Marriott Resorts HawaiiCecil MarshallMcInerny FoundationMildred McIntosh

Monarch Insurance Services, Inc.Emma MossmanPanda Restaurant GroupRE/MAX 808 RealtyMr. and Mrs. Allan H. RentonRonald McDonald House Charitieso HawaiiSaeway FoundationSams ClubSamuel N. and Mary CastleFoundationMr. and Mrs. William W. Saunders7-Eleven Hawaii Inc.

Patricia SheehanNatalie G. ShortSophie Russell Testamentary TrustMr. and Mrs. Edwin SorensonMr. and Mrs. Charles A. StedElisabeth B. Sturges

Susan G. Komen or the Cure,Hawaii Afliate

The Family o George Carter Sr.

The Gertrude Damon Trust

The Harry & Jeanette WeinbergFoundation, Inc.

The Hearst Foundation, Inc.

The Ron & Sanne Higgins FamilyFoundation

The Sophie Overend Foundation

Times Super Market

Margaret Todd

Dr. Lawrence K.W. Tseu

Victoria S. & Bradley L. GeistFoundation

John C. and Bubba Walker, Jr.Walmart Stores

Albert S. and Emma KauikeolaniNapoleon Wilcox

William G. Irwin Charity Foundation

Francis Wrigley

The Top 100 Donors Over 100 YearsThe ollowing donors have provided signicant charitable support to Kapiolani Medical Center over the past century. As a non-prot

hospital, we are grateul to all our donors. Please note that our anonymous donors do not appear below.

Where do Kapiolani

patients come from?Kapiolani Medical Center or Women & Children treated more than

70,000 keiki in 2008, or everything rom broken bones to cancer.

As the only ull-service pediatric center in the Pacifc Basin, it cares

or kamaaina statewide, kids throughout the Pacifc, U.S. military

dependents, and those visiting rom Asia, Europe and around the world.


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The Next 100 Years o CareBuilding or the Future at Kapiolani Medical CenterAs Kapiolani Medical Center celebrates 100 years o pediatric care in Hawaii,

were also busy preparing or the next century o caring or the community.

Hospital volunteers and leadership are preparing plans or an expansion and rebuild. Many years o preparation and planning have

already occurred. We are actively securing the building permits and developing the architectural plans.

Why is this important? First, the hospital was built more than 30 years ago. The

acility must be equipped or the 21st century, ready to tackle new technologies, and

able to deliver liesaving medical advances or the communitys sake.

Second, Kapiolani needs more space. As the Pacifc Regions recognized expert in

pediatric and newborn special care, more amilies are turning to Kapiolani. Were

treating more premature babies than ever. Also, research shows that sick and injured

children recover better and aster when amilies are involved. This requires more space.

An eort o this magnitude will require strong support rom the community.

Fortunately, many donors and community leaders support a capital campaign to

expand and renovate Kapiolani Medical Center. They recognize the need is urgent;

Hawaiis children cannot wait.

Children are Hawaiis mostprecious resource. At KapiolaniMedical Center, were not justcaring or kids, were caring or

the uture o Hawaii.

Chuck StedPresident and CEO,Hawaii Pacifc Health

Architects rendering o the planned renovations to Kapiolani Medical Center or Women & Children.

Did you know?Hawaiis population is only 1/3 the amount

usually needed to sustain a childrens

hospital. Yet, our geographic isolation

makes it vital to have a world-class

childrens hospital in Hawaii.

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