Born in Delaware

From emergency care to fetal surgery, Nemours Children’s continues to innovate and invest in the health of Delaware’s children — now and for generations to come

BY LAURA KOWAL, MPT, JD

BRANDI DESCRIBES her son Easton’s birth as the scariest moment of her life: Easton was struggling to breathe as a team of clinicians hovered around him. After they inserted a tiny breathing tube, an ambulance whisked him off to Nemours Children’s Hospital in Delaware.

Thanks to the team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists at Nemours Children’s, Brandi already knew Easton had a congenital heart condition called tetralogy of Fallot and would need several surgeries after birth to correct it.

At just 12 days old, Easton had his first heart surgery at Nemours. He then required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a type of heart/lung bypass that delivers oxygen, allowing his organs to rest and heal.

Today, Easton is the healthy child his family hoped for and will celebrate his third birthday in December — all because the highly specialized pediatric care that Easton, and so many other kids, need to thrive was available at Nemours right here in Delaware.

It is our Advanced Delivery Unit, the only one of its kind in the state, that now allows mothers like Brandi to deliver at Nemours 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with lifesaving equipment, pediatric operating rooms, and trained personnel at the ready.

It is our Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and Lantern Award-winning Emergency Department that can deliver lifesaving care to the sickest patients.

It is the skilled surgeons in our Cardiac Center, which is ranked as a top 10 program nationally by U.S. News & World Report.

It is the Magnet Award-winning nursing team who watched Easton around the clock and treated the family with warmth and compassion.

It is the Nemours Children’s ECMO team, rated among the top 6% of ECMO programs internationally.

And it all happens right here in Delaware.

As the state’s only children’s hospital, Nemours Children’s will continue to adapt and innovate — always with the best interests of Delaware’s children at heart. We will continue to invest in cutting-edge technology, recruit top medical talent, and expand our clinical facilities to support the care we deliver, including a $58 million expansion of our Advanced Delivery Unit to support even more moms like Brandi.

For nearly a century, Nemours has been more than just a healthcare provider; we are a deeply rooted part of this community, committed to ensuring that every child in Delaware has the opportunity to thrive. As one of Delaware’s largest private employers, we are your neighbors, your partners, your customers, and unwavering advocates for your kids. We are proud to call Delaware home, and we are honored to serve the children and families of this great state — now and forever.