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Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: Diagnosis Day
In honor of CHD (congenital heart defect) Awareness Week, we asked a Charlottesville heart warrior's family to share their story of...
Feb 9, 2024
Closing the Stress Cycle
When your child is fighting through an illness or is medically complex, you navigate extra stress every day. The stress can take its toll...
Jan 9, 2024
All the Way from Texas: Housing for out-of-state guests
This is Pearl and her family. Darling Pearl and her family flew all the way from Texas to receive a highly specialized ear surgery at UVA...
Dec 26, 2023
LilyPads Housing End of the Year Newsletter
If you missed our end-of-the year newsletter, have no fear! You can still find out what was behind LilyPads Housing President Jen's...
Dec 18, 2023
Packing List for Your Child's CHD Hospital Stay
We’ve compiled a short list of helpful “must-haves” to bring with you during your child's CHD hospital stay
Nov 13, 2023
Low-Key Outings for Kids in Charlottesville, VA
Your sibling is in the hospital. One of your grown-ups is gone most of the day. You're staying in an unfamiliar house and in a community...
Oct 9, 2023
LilyPads Housing Fall Host Orientation
During the pandemic, we had to shift our host model so that families were only staying in stand-alone units. We're excited to share that...
Oct 5, 2023
High Housing Need, Low Accessibility for UVA Children's Hospital patients
ver the past two years, over 100,000 families have entered UVa’s Children Hospital for treatment. From central Virginia alone, 88% of...
Sep 14, 2023
Guest Update: Daniel!
This adorable little guy is Daniel! Last year, Daniel’s family stayed with us two separate times while he received the care he needed...
Sep 6, 2023
Celebrating Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
This adorable little peanut is Cricket! Cricket and her family spent the first half of this year staying with us after Cricket was...
Sep 1, 2023
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