Maggie Thompson used to work for March of Dimes, never thinking that she would have twins born that needed complex medical care. In the video below, Maggie shares her story about how March of Dimes and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) made it possible for her newborns to lead a normal, healthy [...]
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MUSC Children’s Hospital opened and dedicated their new chapel in loving memory of Christina Joyce Akabidavis, a mother who lost her life in a tragic road accident on May 12, 2008 with one of her twin girls. The ceremony was attended by family and friends, members of the MUSC family and the Charleston, SC [...]
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Woody, Lexie, Lola and Chai are just a few of the therapy dogs that volunteer their time on a weekly basis visiting children in the MUSC Children’s Hospital. MUSC’s therapy dogs are required to have special training to work with children, but these therapy dogs take their holiday duties seriously. Dressed in costumes ranging [...]
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Ever wondered what hospital life is really like? On November 18, physicians at MUSC Children’s Hospital took members of the South Carolina legislative delegation on a behind-the-scenes look at one of the top children’s hospitals in the country. Legislators shadowed pediatric specialists to see everything from the technology that helps save the hearts [...]
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My costume is short and snug.
Baggy sleeves or billowy capes and skirts can trip you up and catch fire if they brush against jack-o’-lanterns or candle flames.
My shoes fit.
Big, floppy shoes (clown shoes, adult shoes) — that are hard to walk in may make you fall.
My costume props are flexible.
Costume props can hurt you badly if you fall. Make sure swords, knives, etc. are made of flexible plastic or rubber.
The eyeholes in my mask are wide enough.
Make sure your mask fits properly and the eyeholes allow you to see fully. Don’t wear a mask that is too loose — it can slip and block your vision. Even better, paint your face instead of wearing a mask.
As a lieutenant in the Iraqi Police force, Hamad risks his life everyday alongside U.S. Marines clearing land mines and protecting the borders from terrorists. Yet, there was little he could do to save his little boy from a life-threatening heart condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, a condition which is a complex of four heart [...]
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