Driscoll Life - Winter 2010 by The Wood Agency

WINTER 2010

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A Message from

Governing Board C. Ivan Wilson Chair Steve Woerner Vice Chair Bruna Callegari-Puente, M.D. Chief of Staff William Allen, M.D. Karl Serrao, M.D. Murray Bass, Jr. Jim Devlin Martha Hinojosa Pat Horne Lenora Keas Reba McNair S. Loyd Neal, Jr. Bill Sterett

Development Foundation Board of Directors 2010-2011 OFFICERS Manette Scanio Bob Cuvelier Julie Buckley Mary Clark Wes Hoskins Pat Horne

President Vice President Vice President Treasurer Secretary Past President

DIRECTORS Derwood Anderson Elsa Cardenas-Hagan, Ph.D. Gerald Eckel Sister Guerra Willard Hammonds, II Nancy Hawn Lenora Keas Debbie Layton Marc Layton Bill Moffitt Liz Nisbet Laura Smith Noe Sherry Rumley Roger Timperlake, M.D. Rich Tuttle Chad Wilfong

With that in mind, we are turning our focus towards our Emergency Department. We understand that our emergency services touch the lives of almost every family in our community in some way. In fact, with approximately 40,000 visits a year at Driscoll’s Emergency Department on Alameda and at our Urgent Care facility on Saratoga, and with the knowledge that 44% of the children admitted to our hospital come through the ER, it’s no wonder we consider the Emergency Department our front door to the hospital. During the past few months we have studied pediatric emergency rooms across the country and met with experts and our staff to determine what is needed to best serve our patients and their families. We know that we need to expand our emergency facilities by creating additional private rooms and a central state-of-the art physician and nursing station. And, we are committed to maintaining the warm, welcoming and caring environment that is Driscoll Children’s Hospital.

Steve Woerner | President and CEO Driscoll Children’s Hospital

Bernard Paulson

Trustee Emeritus

Martha St. Romain

Executive Director

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At Driscoll Children’s Hospital, an integral part of our mission is to continually determine how we can enhance the services we offer children and families throughout South Texas. Oftentimes enhancements come via state-of-the-art technologies, new medical procedures or physical facility redesign.

I am pleased to share a glimpse of the direction we are taking — a direction we believe will serve to enhance our services dramatically for every child who comes through our front door at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. As we move ahead with this project, I look forward to keeping you posted on our progress.

Driscoll Children’s Hospital 3533 South Alameda Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 (361) 694-5000 www.DriscollChildrens.org

The Driscoll President and CEO

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A Message from

The Driscoll Development Foundation Board President When I walked into Driscoll Children’s Hospital for the first time I knew immediately that there was something different, something extraordinary about this children’s hospital. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. It was an inexplicable, intangible quality that was present on every floor, in every department and in every employee who walked the halls. Interestingly, the more involved I became as a volunteer and then a board member at Driscoll, the more that intangible “something” grew; and I realized that it was everywhere. There was an overwhelming sense of caring in the faces and actions of the doctors, nurses, technicians and service providers at every level. Even more amazing, it wasn’t just for the children, the caring extended to the entire family — to every member — and it starts the moment a child arrives at Driscoll and then extends way beyond the child’s stay in the hospital. In fact, we often hear families leave Driscoll having made friends for life with those who have cared so compassionately for them and their children. What this actually means is that there is no limit to the caring and healing at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. It is truly caring without measure or concern for what might be given in return. Perhaps some might define it as a magical quality. Certainly there is an element of that here. But rather than magic, that inexplicable “something” is actually a deep passion — a passion that actually comes from the heart, and is at work here every single day.

Paloma Davila, Age 6

The more you see and know about Driscoll Children’s Hospital the more you understand that having such a hospital in South Texas is a rare gift — one that we certainly need to count among our greatest blessings. And the second blessing of equal importance is having all of the passionate people who share their talents and their caring for children right here in our own backyard.

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Driscoll Renal Transplant Program Providing Bright Futures

So during this Holiday Season, please remember all of those who share their passion for children at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Think about all they do — seen and unseen — on a daily basis, and perhaps come and take a look for yourself. When you do, you will see that inexplicable quality that makes this extraordinary facility exactly what it is — a deeply passionate place of hope and healing serving all the children in South Texas.

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MIRACLE CHILD

Mark

Maldonado LIVING A BOY’S LIFE IN CORPUS CHRISTI

By Debra Young Hatch

ynthia Maldonado sits along side her husband, Roger, on one of the recently-built concrete benches at the city’s newest water garden park just across the street from American Bank Center and watches while three of their six children splash and play together just as children should — without a care in the world. “My husband,” she muses quietly, “sometimes asks me if I want to move from Corpus Christi.” Glancing up at him for just a moment and turning back again to take in the scene of her children laughing and playing, she says with obvious conviction, “I just shake my head and say, ‘No, I will never leave Driscoll Hospital.’”

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er reason, she confides easily, “I know there are children’s hospitals everywhere, but I don’t think there is any other children’s hospital like Driscoll. They are saving my kids.” And Cynthia does mean kids, plural. As thus far, two of her six children who range in age from 19 months to 13 years old have a genetic kidney disease that results in complete kidney failure, the need for dialysis and ultimately a kidney transplant. “My husband and I both carry the gene that causes this type of kidney disease. There is nothing,” she says with resignation, “we can do about that. We just have to wait and see, hope and pray that our other four children will not get it also. We can’t keep that from happening, but what we can do for them is to stay close to Driscoll where they can get everything they need.”

At that moment, Mark who is now a fourth grade student at Kostoryz Elementary School and had his kidney transplant at Driscoll two years ago, comes running out of the water, soaking wet and grinning with unmistakable joy. He speaks politely to everyone as introductions are made, but it’s obvious he has something on his mind. He has a plan. He wants to take two of his younger siblings to the tall side of the water garden and jump into the water together. Mom says no, and Mark shrugs, smiles and returns to the water. No big deal.

leading to incontinence. Often patients also experience anemia, some have hypertension, and they ultimately go into renal failure between 10-15 years of age.” For Mark, the beginning symptoms of juvenile nephronophthisis began early on in his life. He was officially diagnosed at the age of eight, but his parents had noticed that prior to that for a couple of years he had grown very little, if at all; his shoe and clothes sizes remained the same and he was always thirsty and wanted salty foods.

“We were a little worried, but we were not too concerned at that point,” recalls Cynthia. “Then one night Mark started screaming in the middle of the night and said he had these terrible cramps in his legs. It happened three times. So we took him to the doctor the next day, and they immediately rushed him to Driscoll. His kidneys were only functioning at 20 percent. He had hypertension and he was in renal failure. “I was shocked,” remembers Cynthia. “I don’t think any parent is prepared for anything like this with their child. Mark was in the hospital for two days. They ran all of the tests and Dr. Al-Akash told us what Mark had and that he would need to go on dialysis at Driscoll and he would need a kidney transplant. We couldn’t believe it. “That” she recalls, “was in August of 2007. In April of 2008, Mark went on dialysis. On August 18, 2008 he had a kidney offer, and on August 19 he had his transplant at Driscoll. He had been on dialysis for only five months. I know,” Cynthia says with complete conviction, “God had a hand in all of this.

Mark and Samhar Al-Akash, M.D.

“And the reason I know and there is no doubt in my mind,” she explains, “is

With the USS Lexington in the background, Mark proudly stops to smile on the Corpus Christi bayfront.

“Mark has always been that way,” Cynthia explains. “Nothing bothers him too much. Even when we found out he had this kidney disease. He took it well, and he wanted to know everything about it. He’s always been on top of things. He knows what medications he is taking and when he takes them. And now since he has been through everything, Mark helps his 13-year-old brother, Dondi, who was recently diagnosed with the disease, is now on dialysis at Driscoll three days a week and is on the kidney transplant list.” “Mark and Dondi,” explains Dr. Samhar Al-Akash, pediatric nephrologist and medical director of the Renal Transplant Program at Driscoll, “have a disease called juvenile nephronophthisis characterized by loss of the kidney’s concentrating ability leading to very dilute urine, increased urination amount and frequency often w w w.D r i s c o l l C h i l d r e n s . org

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because on August 18 we were supposed to go to Disney World through Make A Wish Foundation, and there was something in my mind — even up to the moment when we were about to go through security at the airport — that we shouldn’t go. Well what happened at security was I couldn’t find my ticket; it was missing. So I had to go back downstairs and see if I could find it or get a new one. I went all the way back and I found it. But when I was just about to get on the escalator to come back up, Roger and the whole family were coming down. I couldn’t imagine what was happening. Roger said, ‘They called, they have a kidney for Mark we have to go now.’ I know in my heart,” smiles Cynthia, “God was keeping us from getting on that plane.

smiles, “now Driscoll does living donor transplants, so if a parent, family member or friend donates their kidney they can be right there in the next room. That,” she smiles knowingly, “is a great thing.” As Cynthia finishes that thought, Mark and his younger siblings — sensing swim time is about over — walk hand-in-hand up to their mom and dad and start chatting about what is next on the day’s agenda. And as usual Mark, who his mom says sometimes wakes up as early as 4 a.m. ready to go, has plans.

During Driscoll’s Pilot for a Day program, Mark met the Blue Angels.

As for how long Mark’s transplanted kidney will last, Dr. Al-Akash explains, “Generally speaking a kidney from a deceased donor is expected to last 13-15 years, and from a living donor a few more years.”

“I have to stay healthy. I want to be a pilot one day.” “We went straight to Driscoll. At 7:00 a.m. the next morning Mark went into surgery and by noon he had his new kidney. After that he was in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for one day and on the third day after his surgery we checked him out of the hospital and he wanted to play. It was,” recalls Cynthia incredulously, “as if nothing had happened. We couldn’t believe it.”

“My husband was a match for Mark as a living donor,” explains Cynthia, “but we decided that since it is so much easier for a child to get on the transplant list and receive a kidney than an adult that we would hold off on Roger donating his kidney because he might need to do that for Mark or Dondi later in life. And,” she

“Saturday I’m going to run the half marathon at Whataburger Field, so I need to go run today. I have to stay healthy. I want to be a pilot one day,” he grins. Then his dad interjects, “Yes, but remember Mark what do you have to do first if you want to become a pilot? You have to study for four years in college before you can go into the military.” Mark immediately nods knowingly and then begins to tell his story about being a Driscoll Children’s Hospital Pilot for a Day and meeting the Blue Angels, who his mom says to Mark are the equivalent of rock stars. Yes, Mark Maldonado has big plans — high flying plans for his future. But for the moment, with his new kidney in place and functioning well, Mark Maldonado can focus on what he now has a chance to do best – living life and getting to be exactly what he is, an 11-year-old boy growing up with a loving family in Corpus Christi, Texas. Pilot for a Day

But for Cynthia and Roger Maldonado seeing was certainly believing as Mark began to grow again, he could eat just about anything within reason, he could run, swim and play baseball, all items on his favorites list and every now and then even have a hamburger and french fries. “But at my house,” smiles Cynthia, “we are healthy eaters, all of us. There is nothing but water to drink. That is all my family drinks and we have turkey burgers, no cheese, no chips or salt. We want Mark and Dondi to eat healthily so Mark can keep his kidney for as long as possible, Dondi will be as healthy as possible when he receives his kidney and our other children will be healthy also.”

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Raising Awareness for

CHILDHOOD CANCER

Above: A mayoral proclamation was read the morning of the event. Cris Johnson, M.D., pediatric oncologist with Driscoll Children’s Hospital, escorts patients Lizzy Ochoa and Jayden Rodriguez to shake Mayor Joe Adame’s hand. Left: Driscoll patient Peyton Wiley gets ready to chop off some hair.

More than 450 community members came to Driscoll Children’s Hospital on September 14th and showed their support for a worthy cause — childhood cancer awareness. The first-ever event of its kind was a victory for our pediatric cancer patients and for raising awareness of this disease. Attendees were able to donate hair — with Driscoll oncology patients operating the barber’s shears. A final touch up was provided by local hairstylists who graciously gave of their time. All 175 ponytails collected were donated to Children with Hairloss, Inc. In addition to hair donation, community members also had the opportunity to donate blood at the Coastal Bend Blood Center BloodMobile, with 31 people donating to save 93 lives. “People have come here to give from their hearts,” stated Mara Ellis, Child Life Specialist with the Stripes Child Life Program at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. For more information about hair donation, please contact Children With Hairloss, Inc.

New Voice Lab Includes Suite of Modern Equipment In June, Driscoll Children’s Hospital’s Rehabilitation Center hosted an open house to unveil its new voice lab, consisting of an endoscopy tower which includes two distal chip endoscopes, voice analysis programs, rigid stroboscopy and a nasometer. The instruments, used to teach children to orally communicate, allow for increased accuracy in diagnosis, efficient and specific therapy and enhanced care and experience for the patient. This specialized equipment is used in therapy to address voice and resonance problems; at Driscoll, it is primarily used for children with cleft palates. Perhaps the most impressive feature of the endoscopy tower is the stroboscopy function. The rigid strobe, or small camera, is inserted deep into the mouth to view the vocal folds in motion. w w w.D r i s c o l l C h i l d r e n s . org

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Christine Carter, speech language pathologist, shows the new equipment to six-year old Lily.

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Joe Richard Martinez and Kendrick Cuellar at Camp for All (oncology/hematology).

Interns Ashley Cocke, Mary Sterrett, Leslie McClanahan and Sally Wallace with Driscoll physicians Gary Bobele, M.D., and Carol Deline, M.D., pediatric neurologists.

Intern for a Day A DAY IN THE LIFE

This unique program offers community leaders a firsthand opportunity to experience the practice of pediatric medicine. On October 28th, Ashley Cocke, Mary Sterrett, Leslie McClanahan and Sally Wallace shadowed physicians from various service areas of the hospital throughout the day, accompanying him/her through everything from office rounds to clinic visits to surgery. Intern for a Day is an exceptional way for medical staff at Driscoll to show appreciation to key supporters and develop even stronger relationships and involvement between the hospital and the community.

Patients Donald Morales (center), and Zachary McGrath (left) with friend, Andrew Mouttet, at Camp Hearty (cardiology).

“High Hopes”for

DCH Summer Campers A growing program at Driscoll Children’s Hospital, summer camps for patients of all ages with all conditions provide a much-needed opportunity for kids to be kids! Patients experience the independence, friendship and adventure that camping provides in a safe environment suited for their particular medical needs. Specialized camps in areas of cardiology, nephrology, oncology, hematology and others give children outlets to socialize with peers with the same conditions and give families opportunities to network. DCH Nursing staff are onhand to administer medication and monitor the health and safety of each camper. These camps continue to be very popular among patients, and are made possible in large part by private support from the community.

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NICU REUNION

CELEBRATING MIRACLES In October, more than 350 patients and families attended the annual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Reunion. The Fall Festival, designed to bring NICU families and hospital staff together for an afternoon of fellowship and fun, featured games, prizes, moonwalks, pumpkin decorating and other children’s activities. “We have so much fun visiting with our patients and families,” NICU Director Patricia Carr said. “It is a very special time for the staff. They enjoy seeing how their patients have progressed. There are few things that bond people together like sharing the birth of a child, and if that child is sick or has special needs, the bonds are even tighter. We are all thankful for the opportunity to work with these wonderful children and their families.”

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2011

Driscoll Children’s Hospital Calendar

e for Sale

The 2011 Driscoll Scrapbook calendar is available now!

For more information or to purchase a calendar, please visit our website at www.DriscollChildrens.org or call (361) 694-5011 or toll free 1-800-DCH-LOVE. Calendars are also available for sale in the Carousel Gift Shop.

DCH Pumpkin Parade

IS ALL TREATS FOR PATIENTS On October 29th, eager patients collected numerous goodies and treasures as they trick-or-treated throughout various departments in the hospital. This annual, muchanticipated event provides a fun-filled afternoon for patients to dress up and engage in social activity — such a crucial outlet for children who are hospitalized.

Madelyn Perez, 7 years old

Physician Spotlight: Driscoll Children’s Hospital Welcomes Herbert Stern, M.D., Pediatric Cardiologist

Justin McBryar, 1 year old

Dr. Stern joins Driscoll Children’s Heart Center from The Sanger Clinic and Levine Children’s Hospital in North Carolina, where he served as director and chief of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Stern earned his medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina, completed his residency and internship in pediatrics at the University of Maryland Hospital and his fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Duke University Medical Center.

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Steve Almond, M.D. (left), Mohammed Emran, M.D. (right) and surgical team perform the first kidney transplant at Driscoll in 2007.

“And now,” he smiles, “when a living donor says, ‘I wish I could donate in the same hospital,’ I can tell them that we can do that at Driscoll. It’s part of our program.”

Driscoll’s Renal

Transplant Program By Debra Young Hatch

PROVIDING BRIGHT FUTURES

magine, you are a Mom and you are donating your kidney to your child who will not survive without it. No doubt, stress is high for you and your family. But the good news is you are a living donor, you are giving your child life for the second time, and even better you are in the same hospital right next door to your child. You are there with them literally every step of the way. What could be better? Only one thing if you live in South Texas: The fact that you can now — as part of Driscoll’s Renal Transplant Program — have a living donor transplant performed at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. “We performed our fist living donor transplant at Driscoll in June,” explains Dr. Samhar Al-Akash, pediatric nephrologist and medical director of Driscoll’s Renal Transplant Program. “The living donor

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program took about a year to bring to life. It was a huge team effort, but we now have the ability, in addition to the accreditation which we had since 2006, and we can ease the stress on families and children. And,” he says candidly, “it is very rare to have a living donor program in a pediatric center. In fact,” he says, “we are the only city in America that has a pediatric renal transplant program but does not have an adult transplant program.

“The living donor program,” explains Dr. Steve Almond, pediatric surgeon and surgical director of the transplant program, “has been a tremendous advantage for the medical teams and families. For the medical team, the logistics of coordinating those two operations (previously done in two different hospitals) is much easier. In addition, the amount of time the organ spends out of the body is decreased. For the family, it allows the friends and family to come together at one hospital to see both the donor and the recipient. And it allows the donor, usually a mother or father, to see their child immediately after the postoperative period simply by walking down the hall.” Obviously the transplant program and living donor program at Driscoll Children’s Hospital are an extension of the dialysis program which began in October 2004 as the vision of Dr. William Allen, pediatric nephrologist and administrator of Driscoll’s Renal Transplant Program. The transplant program has made extraordinary strides with superior results in a very short period of time, and that is exactly what the team had in mind from the outset. “When I came here from Saudi Arabia in 2006,” explains Dr. Al-Akash, “I came here to work with Dr. Allen and Dr. Almond to start a transplant program that would have

Paloma receives peritoneal dialysis treatment, which she eventually will be able to do at home.

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excellent outcomes. Our original goal was to do five or six transplants the first year. We did 13 the first year with excellent outcomes and since we began the transplant program in 2007, we have performed an average of 12 transplants per year, one per month with 100 percent success rate. In fact we exceed the national average in every category from patient survival to length of hospital stay — our hospital stay is an average of threeand-a-half days and the national average is 11 days.” Dr. Almond also believes Driscoll’s program already has a proven record of success and has come a long way since its beginning in August of 2006. “In the first two years, we did the administrative work to get the program going by developing policies, procedures, educating the staff and obtaining UNOS (United Network for Organ Sharing) approval and Medicare approval. We performed the first transplant on February 14, 2007. Since then we have performed 38 renal transplants with overall patient and graft (organ) survival rates of 100 percent and 97 percent respectively, well above the national average.” “In addition,” explains Dr. Al-Akash, “even though we have a young program at Driscoll we have the expertise and knowledge that make us comfortable doing complex cases. We are comfortable with what we do and we have a great team from the nephrologists to the surgical team, the case manager, nurses, nurse supervisors, educators, social workers, dieticians, financial coordinator and of course the dialysis nurses. “And the dialysis nurses,” Dr. Al-Akash says soberly, “they are not nurses, they

Surgery and Transplantation RENAL TRANSPLANT

are angels. You can just feel how they love and care for their patients. We would not have as wonderful of outcomes without them. Because the reality is to have a successful transplant program you have to have a successful dialysis program. And we do have a successful dialysis program thanks to Dr. Allen, his Laura receives hemodialysis; she is one of nine patients vision and these currently undergoing this treatment. nurses. So far,” he transformation — a transformation that says candidly, “we have not lost a single happens almost over night — you almost patient who has been on dialysis or after can’t believe it. It is truly amazing. All transplant. We have a very high standard of a sudden these kids have no more of care for these children at Driscoll and restrictions, they can eat just about we and our whole team believe that is an anything, do just about anything. They are integral part of our successful outcomes.” suddenly normal, just like you and me. As for where the program is headed “And the best part,” he smiles obviously from here, Dr. Al-Akash says, “In a pleased for the more than three dozen perfect world the goal is to minimize children he and the transplant team have dialysis, promote living and deceased already had the opportunity to get to know donor donation, promote good health and care for through this program, “is and challenge people in South Texas to that most of these kids never have to come be healthier in general. But for now, at back to be admitted to the hospital again. this time we need to expand the dialysis That,” he says reflecting the commitment program here and increase access to he and the team at Driscoll share for transplantation and the number of this program and these children, “is the transplants we do at Driscoll to serve the outcome we are looking for; that is our children and families in South Texas. goal, our mission and we are dedicated to it and what it now has to offer every child “It is so important right now, and believe and every family in need of these services me it’s worth it for these children and throughout South Texas.” their families. Because if you take one look at these kids after they have been transplanted, and you see the

Driscoll Children’s Hospital Kidney Center NEPHROLOGY

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Infusion Pre/Post Transplant Care

Chronic Hemodialysis In facility

Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis

The multidisciplinary team of board-certified physicians, dialysis nurses, renal dieticians and a social worker are dedicated to improving the quality of lives for children with kidney failure through treatment and ultimately, in most cases, through kidney transplantation.

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Plasmapheresis Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (PPT) Guillain Barre Syndrome Recurrent Disease After Transplant Acute Rejection — Desensitization

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Golf Classic and Singer Songwriter Showcase Fulton Coastcon team: (L-R) James Moretech, Richard Foster, Ray Jones and Charlie Trefflich

Valence team: (L-R) Bill Larsen, Lee Smith, Phil Kamp and Todd Stockard

Don Schlitz, Casey Beathard and Allen Shamblin

Winning team Swantner & Gordon: (L-R) Bill McCord, Trey Tollett, Rob Fraiche and Ryan Dias

Golf Classic and Singer Songwriter Showcase:

Over $143,000

Title sponsors, Martha and Jerry Clark.

for the Kids! Bob and Brenda Cuvelier Scott Heitkamp was recognized for being the event chair since 1996.

The 15th Annual Golf Classic and 5th Annual Singer Songwriter Showcase were held September 30th and October 1st, 2010, at the Corpus Christi Country Club. Award winning singer songwriters Casey Beathard, Don Schlitz and Allen Shamblin entertained a captivated crowd with favorite hit songs — some current and some classic. The audience offered a standing ovation and called for an encore performance to top off a delightful evening. Lunch and a shotgun start kicked off the Golf Classic the following day. The Classic sold all of its 36 sponsorships, and 124 players came out to enjoy the fantastic weather. Thank you to all of our dedicated sponsors, donors and volunteers who make this such a special event year after year. One hundred percent of the funds raised will help with the most critical needs of Driscoll Children’s Hospital.

A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

Jerry P.

& Martha C. Clark

CenturyLink • Contractors Safety Council of the Coastal Bend • Corpus Christi Produce Co. • Frost Bank Hilliard Munoz Gonzales • IKON • Miller & Miller Mechanical • Rabalais I & E Constructors • Stripes • ValueBank Texas AG|CM, Inc. • AEP Texas • Allied/BFI Waste Services • Bank of America • Brin & Brin, PC • BKD, LLP • CITGO CLK Architects & Associates • Children’s Clinic/ABC Pediatrics/Coastal Bend Emergency Services • CompleteRx • CPSST Down Time Services • Dugan Eye Institute • Ed Hicks Imports • EOG Resources, Inc. • H & S Constructors • Kleberg Bank McDonald’s • Navy Army Federal Credit Union • New York Life Investment Management • Porter, Rogers, Dahlman & Gordon Reeflex, LTD • Reliant Energy • Repcon, Inc. • San Jacinto Title Services • Sodexo • Swantner & Gordon Andrews Distributing • Coca Cola • Corporate Printing, Inc. • Corpus Christi Caller Times • Enterprise Rent A Car • Evergreen Re Healthcare Technology Management Services • Health Management Systems • Jason’s Deli • Joe Adame & Associates

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South Texas Cattleman’s RoundUp Members from Texas Star 4-H, Los Ranchitos 4-H, Super Star 4-H, Pharr 4-H, Rattler 4-H and San Isidro I.S.D. at the Rio Grande City RoundUp.

Raises $97,336 and Counting!

The 23rd Annual South Texas Cattlemen’s RoundUp roped in great support for Driscoll Children’s Hospital this summer, thanks to our title sponsor, Lyssy and Eckel Feeds, FFA and 4-H Chapters, barn owners, county commissioners and generous ranchers and donors throughout South Texas! The event is an excellent opportunity year after year for young South Texans to help other children in need. 2010 RoundUps were held in Alice, Beeville, Cuero, Halletsville, Three Rivers, Rio Grande City and Edinburg.

Fiesta ’11 in Corpus Christi is Just Around the Corner A special thank you to our friends at Flint Hills Resources for once again sponsoring this fantastic event. Proceeds from this year’s Fiesta de los Niños benefit the renovation and expansion of our Emergency Department at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Huge thanks ner: Featured Entertai go to this year’s cochairs, Janie Hoskins and Suzanne Almond, for their time and devotion to Driscoll. The 2010 Fiesta de los Niños raised a record $572,000, and with your help we can set a NEW RECORD again this year!

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Community Giving

28th Annual

Apple Sale The Six Points Kiwanis Club 28th Annual Apple Sale was held on October 23rd at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. This longstanding tradition ushers in the fall each year, with cases of red and golden delicious apples sold to benefit oncology/hematology patients’ trips to Camp for All each summer. Volunteers from the Six Points Kiwanis Club loaded cases of apples for customers at the annual Apple Sale.

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Jesse Berry, Kohl’s Store Manager, presents a $47,312 check to Maricruz Cantu, Injury Prevention Coordinator at Driscoll Children’s Hospital. These funds enable the team at Driscoll to conduct education initiatives such as car seat safety and helmet fittings in our community.

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Valero Texas Open Benefit for Children Golf Classic Awards $35,000 Driscoll Children’s Hospital was honored to be the recipient of a $35,000 gift from the 2010 Valero Texas Open Benefit for Children Golf Classic. The generous grant will be used for the renovation of a hospice room, named the Butterfly Room, in an effort to provide families and patients at Driscoll with an environment of compassionate care. Driscoll representatives Martha St. Romain, Vice President of Development, and Don Wenzler, Vice President and Chief Patient Care Officer, accept a check from Valero representatives.

‘Tis the Season

Brownsville Christmas in July volunteers with Santa.

Brownsville Auxiliary — Christmas in July The Brownsville Auxiliary’s Christmas in July was once again an event filled with fun, friendship and generosity. On July 22nd, community supporters from Whataburger, Subway and Home Depot joined the Brownsville Auxiliary in collecting toys for patients at the Driscoll Children’s Specialty Center in Brownsville.

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Honorees and friends gathered at the Wall of Honor to celebrate the legacies of giving that donors have created.

Driscoll Children’s Hospital

Donor Wall of Honor

ANNUAL RECOGNITION RECEPTION On September 21st, 2010, top donors to Driscoll gathered in the hospital lobby to recognize supporters who had either been added to the Wall of Honor or had progressed into a new giving level. The Donor Wall of Honor was dedicated in 2008 and recognizes cumulative giving of $25,000 and above to Driscoll Children’s Hospital. Driscoll staff and board members were grateful for the opportunity to extend their appreciation to generous supporters and recognize their commitments to the Hospital’s mission. Please contact the Driscoll Children’s Hospital Development Foundation for information regarding the Donor Wall of Honor. 3533 South Alameda Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78411 (361) 694-4394

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Driscoll Administrators Steve Woerner, President and CEO; Donna Quinn, Vice President of Operations; Eric Hamon, Executive Vice President and CFO; and Martha St. Romain, Vice President of Development, hosted Clara Driscoll Society members Hoyte and Ty Gentry (front left), Melvin and Edna Brown Kronk (back left), and Herve F. Gentile, M.D. (middle right). Also hosting were DCH Development Foundation staff members Richard Harris and Ted Daniel.

Clara Driscoll Society A P P R E C I AT I O N L U N C H E O N

Immediately following the Donor Wall of Honor reception, members of the Clara Driscoll Society gathered for a private luncheon hosted by Steve Woerner, President and CEO of Driscoll Children’s Hospital.

provide “It is my purpose... to create an endowment... to led, cripp for al hospit and c funds for... a free clini e unabl are who . ren.. maimed and diseased child financially to secure the desired assistance in their infirmities.” — Final Will and Testament of Clara Driscoll With this single bequest, motivated by her deep and compassionate desire to care for sick children, Clara Driscoll began a tradition of giving that continues today. In our sixth decade of caring for children, Clara Driscoll has made Driscoll Children’s Hospital an eloquent reminder of the impact of one person’s planning.

Clara Driscoll

The Clara Driscoll Society has been created to honor individuals like Mrs. Driscoll who establish partnerships with the hospital that will strengthen its ability to help children far into the future.

Everyone is accorded membership in the Clara Driscoll Society through means of: • Providing a gift to Driscoll Children’s Hospital through a will or living trust; • Naming the hospital as a beneficiary or owner of a life insurance policy, savings, brokerage or retirement account; • or establishing a life income gift, such as a charitable remainder trust or charitable gift annuity. Gifts may be unrestricted to aid the hospital’s greatest needs or directed to a donor’s specific area of interest. For more information regarding the Clara Driscoll Society, contact:

Clara Driscoll Society Members Ms. Clara Driscoll* Mr. T.J. Collins Edgar L. Cortes, M.D. Ms. Yolanda L. Cortes Herve F. Gentile, M.D. Patrizia E. Gentile, M.D. Hoyte and Elizabeth Gentry Dr. Joseph H. Jackson, M.D. Ms. Verna Jolley Ms. Gertrude King* Ms. Virginia King Edna Brown Kronk and Melvin Kronk Robert E. Lordon, M.D. Carlos E. Martinez-Quinonez, M.D. Mrs. Weltha Gray and Mr. Reed B. Nunley* Ms. Lucy D’Orsogna Dr. Zofia and Mr. Jack O’Shea Charitable Remainder Trust Robert Bell Parrish Memorial Trust* Ms. Virginia Rankin* Ms. Marie Louise Sawyer* Jack and Doris Smothers Memorial Foundation Ruth Parr Sparks Foundation* Ms. Martha St. Romain Ms. Bertha Weigel Roland and Beth Wollitz Ms. Zola Worth* As of May 2010.

Ted Daniel, Planned Giving Officer, Driscoll Children’s Hospital Phone: (361) 694-5773 • Email: Ted.Daniel@dchstx.org

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Elida and Alfredo Abundez Ms. Irma Cavazos-Sifuentes

Julie and Mitchell Dye Mr. Gene Guernsey

Jenny and Joe Kuser Mr. Gene Guernsey

Laureen and Michael Pedrotti Mr. Gene Guernsey

Derrick Soward Mr. Gene Guernsey

Noah P. Aldrighetti Mrs. Barbara P. Benavidez Mr. and Mrs. Gustavo Benavidez, Jr. Mrs. Norma J. Sendejar

Phillip Egan Mr. Gene Guernsey

Regina and John Plotnik Mr. Gene Guernsey

Peter Staneland Mr. Gene Guernsey

Valetine Enemuo, M.D. Mrs. Sherry Halbrook

William H. Larsen Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Daniel Mr. Reagan Florence Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Rodrigue Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rogers

Cathy and Frank Pommett Mr. Gene Guernsey

Elizabeth Starr Mrs. Sherry Halbrook

All Military Services Mr. and Mrs. James W. Ward

Eric Factor Mr. Ralph Soliz

Larissa Liska Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Daniel

Alexia Ponce Ms. Maria M. Perales

Christine and Joshua Anderson Mrs. Sherry Halbrook

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frantz Ms. Peggy Maloney

Rose Mary Liska Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Daniel

Jacqueline Powell Mr. Gene Guernsey

Todd Stockard Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Daniel Mr. Reagan Florence Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Rodrigue Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rogers

Guadalupe Andrade Ms. Martha Andrade

Haylie and Jared Gabro Mr. Steven Bernal Teresa S. Garcia Ms. Valerie Garcia

Gabe Littleton Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rochester Ms. Bridgette Snyder

James B. Ragan, Jr. Ms. Belinda C. Cisneros

Erin and Corey Survant Mr. Gene Guernsey

Gabriela Ramirez Ms. Josefa C. Cappadona Mr. and Mrs. Justin Cappadona Ms. Carola J. Chapa Mr. and Mrs. Hector O. Chapa Ms. Yolanda M. Chapa Ms. Roxanne DeLaGarza Ms. Alice East Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Forina Ms. Brenda G. Garza Jennifer J. Garza, M.D. Mrs. Debra D. Gomez Mr. and Mrs. Carlos X. Guerra Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Hendrix Ms. Sofia M. Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Jackson Law Office of Alicia Martinez Guerrero Ms. Carol L. Looney Ms. Mary Lou Medina Ms. Rosie Ortiz Ms. Lydia Pena Mr. and Mrs. Camilo R. Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. Tomas Rendon Ms. Denise A. Rodriguez Ms. Rebecca Vela Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Vidaurri

Sam L. Susser Mr. and Mrs. David P. Engel

Chris Archer Mr. Steven Bernal Tyler Avalos Mr. Roger E. Holmes Anita and Robert Barrera Ms. Irma Cavazos-Sifuentes Marion Luna Brem-Fitzmorris Mr. Gene Guernsey Vicente Cappadona Mr. and Mrs. John M. East Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Sanchez Ms. Thelma Y. Vela

Rodolfo Garza Mrs. Sherry Halbrook Audrey Gay Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Gay Maxine Gentry Mr. Gene Guernsey Destiny Michelle Gerragauch Ms. Maria L. Gerragauch Krista Glorfield Ms. Martha Jo Southernwood

Brenda and John Chapman Mr. Gene Guernsey

God’s Blessings Mr. Adrain L. Gonzalez

All Children Ms. Nana Martinez Ms. Albesa Montemayor Mr. and Mrs. David Mosqueda Mr. Marcos Obregon Ms. Maria M. Perales Mr. Gilbert Sanchez Mr. and Mrs. Conrado Solis Ms. Anna Villarreal

Gage Gonzalez Ms. Andrea J. Gonzalez

Martha and Jerry Clark Dr. and Mrs. Jack Ashmore Laura and Richard Colob Mr. Gene Guernsey Edgar L. Cortes, M.D. Mr. Mike Rowland Laura S. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Martin C. Davis DD & A Enterprises Mr. Gary McCluskey Kat DeLaGarza Ms. Martha Jo Southernwood Miguel A. DeLeon, M.D. The Honorable and Mrs. Hayden Head, Jr. All Doctors & Nurses at Driscoll Children’s Hospital Mr. Leo Cabrera

Mia Gonzalez Ms. Andrea J. Gonzalez All Grandchildren Ms. Mary C. Ekroos Gisela Gutierrez Mrs. Sherry Halbrook Colt Hagan Ms. Delores M. Hagan Tara Hale Ms. Gina Hale Carla and Dave Hoffman Mr. Gene Guernsey Justin Holmes Mr. Roger E. Holmes Patricia A. Hopkins Ms. Cecile Pesek Tammye and Matt Jackson Mr. Gene Guernsey Jonathan Jeck Jeremy Alexander

Linda and Dick Drilling Mr. Gene Guernsey

Phil Kamp Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Daniel Mr. Reagan Florence Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Rodrigue Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rogers

Gladys and Scott Duncan Ms. Cecile Pesek

Michael Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Griffin

Jaime A. Longoria Mr. John Raders Robert Anthony Lopez Mr. and Mrs. Jesus T. DelaRosa Linda and Michael Lucente Mr. Gene Guernsey Stephanie Luker Mr. and Mrs. Steve Luker Jessica and Matthew Machicek Ms. Cecile Pesek Drifa Freysdottir, M.D. and Jonas Magnusson Mr. Gene Guernsey Joshua Anthony Marks Ms. Linda Funkhouser Marcene and Mario Martinez Mrs. Sherry Halbrook Irene and David McNichols Mr. Gary McCluskey Isabeau A. Menchaca Mr. and Mrs. Trinidad Soto Ann and Mario Moreno Mr. Gene Guernsey Brandon Mundine Ms. Janet Johnson Marie and Daniel Mundy Mr. Gary McCluskey Magdalena Nava Mrs. Sherry Halbrook

Adela Y. Reyes Mr. Roy Del Bosque Kara and Troy Riggs Mr. Gene Guernsey Rio Grande City High School Association of Christian Teenage Students (A.C.T.S) Jennifer and Steve Rives Mr. Gene Guernsey Justin Rodriguez Ms. Lisa M. Miller

Jody and Robert Nelsen Ms. Cecile Pesek

Saint Jude Mr. and Mrs. Fabricio Barrera, Jr.

Eric Nunez Ms. Diana Ochoa

Mary and Michael Sheehan Mr. Gene Guernsey

Gabriel Ortiz Mr. Venus Killian

Joy Smith Mrs. Sherry Halbrook

Jeffrey Ortiz Ms. Yolanda Mandujano

Lee Smith Mr. and Mrs. Ted A. Daniel Mr. Reagan Florence Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Rodrigue Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rogers

Ruth O’Sullivan Mr. Gary McCluskey

Aaron Swetish Ms. Jody L. Swetish Justin Swetish Ms. Jody L. Swetish Colby Tate Ms. Sharlene Tate Conner Tate Ms. Sharlene Tate Tanner Tate Ms. Sharlene Tate Emily Thorsen Mr. and Mrs. Shy Thorsen Paige Thorsen Mr. and Mrs. Shy Thorsen J. T. Trevino Mr. Claudio Trevino Sara and Thomas Ussery Mr. Roy Del Bosque Juan Valdez Ms. Asia Valdez Daniel V. Vijjeswarapu, M.D. Ms. Jennifer M. Koenig Marsha R. Wartell Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wetherbee Ivan Wilson Girish Patel, M.D. Ms. Jennifer D. Singer Elizabeth Wolter Ms. Nancy A. Gunter Cameron Wright Mr. Jim Cave

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these lists, errors sometimes occur. If a mistake has been made, please accept our apology and notify the Development Foundation at (361) 694-6401.

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Jack Cook Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Ora Kathrine Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Galbraith

Mary Crowell Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Richard T. Arkwright Mrs. Nancy A. Arkwright

Krystle Del Castillo Mr. and Mrs. Manfred Del Castillo

Manuel Arredondo Mr. and Mrs. Carlos X. Guerra

Gladys Deming Ms. Millie M. Stedman

Ray Ashley Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Byron Dodd Mrs. Sue D. Fiedler

Jean Ann Beasley Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds V. M. Blackwelder Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Way Vernon Blohm Ms. Gertrude Eckel Jane Bolf Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Ralph Bollman Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Alyssa M. Bouve Mrs. Susan M. Gordon Albert Braune Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Vincent Brocato Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Brocato Norma Buehrer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Mataline Byrd Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Terril Fayne Campbell Mr. Mike Freitas Ms. Barbara Miller Ms. Alicia Murrillo Leila G. Canales Ms. Margarita Garcia Ms. Ann Pell Tony A. Carbone Johnnie Ray Seale, PC Charles Carson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Ms. Gertrude Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Ella B. Carter Mrs. Ada E. Kemp Jessica Valdez Castillo Ms. Mona Mendieta

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James Alexander Duff, M.D. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Forsyth Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Ramirez

Marie Veronica LeBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Ronald R. LeBlanc

Willie Esse Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Ralph Leggett Ms. Sissy Hopper

Alice F. Gabbard Ms. Mary Lou O. Kuhnmuench

Edmond (Eddie) LeRoux Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Johnson

Maria G. Galvan Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Galvan

Robert C. Marburger, Jr. Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Kerre M. Garrett Ms. Julie Harrison

Thomas E. Marchbanks, IV Mr. and Mrs. Mike Burris

Juan Paul Gauna Ms. Janelle Wilson

Albert McManus Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Kathryn T. Goodwyn Ms. Alice East Edinburg Livestock Auction Inc. The Old Cattle Baron Triple C. Ranch Robert M. Gough Maintech International L.L.C. Cleutus Grady, Sr. Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Annie Haag Mrs. Sue D. Fiedler Olga Haas Massey Farms, Inc. Bettie Gene Haese Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Slade Hagan Ms. Delores M. Hagan Bill Ham Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Roger Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Jon Michael Reed Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Ms. Gertrude Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Mildred E. Reed Dr. and Mrs. William J. Reed Augustine Reyes Mrs. Jackie Collins Cami Rodriguez Mr. Rob Rodriguez Marvin Ryland Dr. and Mrs. Paul A. Bailey, Jr. Martha Schott Ms. Gladys Lippincott Stephen Schreur Ms. Barbara Schreur Ted S. Scibienski Mr. Del Aguilar Jamie Scott Associated Republicans of Texas Lost Souls Mrs. Olga A. Canas Melba Stevens Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Megan Trombldy Mr. Raymond Figueroa Jimmy Vogel Mr. and Mrs. Carlos X. Guerra James “Bud” R. Walker, Jr. Ms. Jenie Kelly Lyssy & Eckel Feeds Ms. Roxie Walker Cleo Wiatrek Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

William B. Miller Mrs. Maureen Miller

Susie Wiatrek Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Maria W. Moreno Mr. and Mrs. Adolfo W. Moreno

Leonard V. Wilson Ms. Janelle Wilson

Wayne Nysven Ms. Margaret Greene

Garrett Wright Mr. and Mrs. Jack Powers

Mary B. Olenick Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

Eduardo Yzaguirre Mr. and Mrs. Carlos X. Guerra

Hazael Olivarez Mrs. Irma Fenner Joseph N. Oshman, M.D. Oshman Family Foundation Brandy L. Palmer Ms. Leigh A. Palmer Jeff P. Pringle El Jardin Partnership Jerry Pundt Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Eckel Lyssy & Eckel Feeds

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Permit No. 712 Corpus Christi, TX Development Foundation 3533 South Alameda Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78411-1785 www.DriscollChildrens.org

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February 4, 2011 American Bank Center For sponsorship opportunities and to purchase tables and tickets, please contact the Driscoll Children’s Hospital Development Foundation at (361) 694-6401.

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