Cook Children's annual report and community benefits

The landscape of Texas sports changes constantly. New teams, new leagues, new stadiums ~ all to keep up with our state’s amazing
growth. Likewise, Cook Children’s also is improving and expanding its landscape to keep up with the growing area and number of
families it serves.
As part of the largest expansion in our history, Cook Children’s Medical Center improved on its already stellar reputation of care,
while making the stay for patients and their families more convenient and comfortable. In 2011, Cook Children’s completed phase
1 of the medical center expansion, with the addition of more than 600,000 square feet.
Levels two and three are home to Cook Children’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) with 99 all-private rooms, making it the
largest such NICU in the country. The second floor of the NICU is named in memory of Dave T. and Bernie Marie Miller in recognition
of their philanthropic support.
Level four is the Jane and John Justin Neurosciences Center and houses a 26-bed inpatient unit for transitional and rehabilitative
care. It includes Jeremy’s Gym, which helps patients with physical and neurological rehabilitation in the Rehabilitation Care
Unit (RCU) and Transitional Care Unit (TCU). The RCU features an overhead “track” system for moving mobility impaired
patients, such as those with spinal cord injuries or neuromuscular diseases.
Level five features a 28-bed unit dedicated to the treatment of children and teenagers with cancer and blood-related
disorders. This area is part of the Cook Children’s Hematology and Oncology Center in the new Dodson Specialty Clinics
building, opened in 2012.
Isabella, age 6
Grand Prairie Baseball
Association
Team: Tigers
Grand Prairie, Texas
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