Children's Hospital Colorado

Breathing Institute Patient Stories

Our experts treat respiratory and sleep disorders from the common to the complex, helping children and families breathe easier.

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We dedicate every day to helping kids breathe easier and overcome complex breathing conditions. There’s nothing more inspiring than seeing them do just that. Read our patient stories to learn more about our pulmonary care and how it helps kids live their fullest lives.

Meet the families we've helped

Maddox: Multidisciplinary Care

Learn how a multidisciplinary team helped the Sharpe family develop an in-home care routine to help end midnight runs to the hospital.

Haylie: How a Miniature Endoscope Eased Her Stomach Pain

Our doctors are using pediatric transnasal endoscopy (TNE) to monitor and treat eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in children. Read Haylie’s story.

Caleb: Cystic Fibrosis Drug Helps him Live his Basketball Dreams

Caleb Nolan’s cystic fibrosis diagnosis was getting in the way of what he loved most: basketball. Our Breathing Institute experts lead a clinical trial of Orkambi that helped to get Caleb breathing well again. Now, he’s back on the court after “a complete 180”.