A powerful family panel held at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where parents, caregivers, and hospital professionals came together to share lived experiences, honor children’s lives, and strengthen compassionate, family-centered care through truth, vulnerability, and connection.
The Seattle Children’s Family Panel brought together bereaved families and hospital professionals to share lived experiences shaped by love, loss, and resilience. Through honest storytelling and vulnerability, the panel honored the lives of children who fought bravely while fostering deeper understanding, compassion, and advocacy for families walking similar paths.
This family panel was created to honor the lives of children who fought bravely and to give voice to the families who walk alongside them. Returning to Seattle Children’s was an act of remembrance, truth, and advocacy, sharing lived experiences to bring understanding, compassion, and dignity to families still navigating unimaginable journeys.
Through vulnerability and storytelling, this panel affirmed that these stories matter, these children matter, and that lasting change begins when families are seen, heard, and supported.
This panel brought together families who have experienced the profound grief and lifelong impact of losing a child and parents who understand the weight of hospital halls, long nights, impossible decisions, and love that never fades. Families stood not as speakers, but as storytellers, sharing lived experiences shaped by courage, heartbreak, and unwavering devotion to their children.
Alongside these families were dedicated doctors, nurses, social workers, child life specialists, and hospital professionals from Seattle Children’s Hospital who bear witness to these journeys every day. Their presence reflected a shared commitment to compassionate care, advocacy, and the belief that healing extends beyond medicine alone.